What the document says“there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $29,850,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the following purposes:”
The section appropriates $29,850,000,000 to the Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for eleven purposes: hiring and training more officers, agents, investigators and support staff and streamlining the rehiring of retired staff; performance, retention and signing bonuses; recruitment, hiring and onboarding including technology and marketing; transport costs of departures and removals; information technology; facility upgrades; fleet modernization; family unity; expanding section 287(g) agreements; the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office; and more attorneys in the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.
What the document actually says“there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $29,850,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the following purposes:”
The sum is $29,850,000,000. It goes to the agency for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2029.
Eleven uses are named. They cover hiring and bonuses. They cover moving people out of the country. They cover buildings, cars and lawyers.
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