This part gives the justice department $3.33 billion. It funds immigration judges, drug cases and prosecutions. Immigration judges are capped at 800 from November 1, 2028. Some grants are barred to places that limit cooperation.
“there is appropriated to the Attorney General for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $3,330,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the”
The section appropriates $3,330,000,000 to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for seven purposes: hiring immigration judges and staff to clear the backlog; combating drug trafficking including fentanyl and its precursors; investigating and prosecuting immigration matters, gang crimes, child trafficking, unlawful voting by aliens and named statutory violations; hiring attorneys for litigation over nonparty or other injunctive relief against the federal government; increasing two grant programs; hiring attorneys to maximize settlements paid to the Treasury; and compensating States for jailing criminal aliens.
What the document actually says
“there is appropriated to the Attorney General for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $3,330,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the”
That sentence, in plain words
The justice department gets $3.33 billion. It is for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2029.
What this is about
Seven uses are named. They cover judges and drug cases. They cover lawyers, grants and jail costs.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Executive Office for Immigration ReviewHow: statuteSec. 100054 in the PDF
What the document says
“Effective November 1, 2028, the Executive Office for Immigration Review shall be comprised of not more than 800 immigration judges, along with the necessary support staff.”
The section funds hiring immigration judges and support staff to address the backlog of petitions, cases and removals, and provides that from November 1, 2028 the Executive Office for Immigration Review is to have no more than 800 immigration judges together with the support staff it needs.
What the document actually says
“Effective November 1, 2028, the Executive Office for Immigration Review shall be comprised of not more than 800 immigration judges, along with the necessary support staff.”
That sentence, in plain words
The immigration courts may have 800 judges at most. That takes effect on November 1, 2028.
What this is about
Support staff go with them. The cap is fixed in the law. Money is also given to hire judges now.
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The document says “shall not”Who acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 100054 in the PDF
What the document says
“No funds made available under this subsection shall be made available to community violence intervention and prevention initiative programs.”
The section funds increases to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and the Office of Community Oriented Policing for investigating and prosecuting violent crime, criminal enforcement initiatives and immigration enforcement and removal, but bars the money from community violence intervention and prevention initiative programs, and makes eligibility depend on the Attorney General finding the State or local government in full compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
What the document actually says
“No funds made available under this subsection shall be made available to community violence intervention and prevention initiative programs.”
That sentence, in plain words
None of this money may go to one kind of program. Those work to head off violence in a community.
What this is about
The bar is written into the law. A state or town must also be in full compliance. An older rule sets the test.
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“Amounts made available under this subsection shall be distributed to more than 1 State.”
The section funds compensating a State or political subdivision for jailing an alien convicted of a felony or two or more misdemeanors who entered without inspection or away from a designated place, was in removal proceedings when taken into custody, or had failed to keep their nonimmigrant status. It requires the money to go to more than one State, and bars payment to a State or subdivision that prohibits or restricts anyone from complying with the immigration laws, cooperating with federal enforcement, asking about citizenship or immigration status, telling the federal government about people encountered, or answering federal requests for that information.
What the document actually says
“Amounts made available under this subsection shall be distributed to more than 1 State.”
That sentence, in plain words
The money must go to more than one state. It may not all land in a single place.
What this is about
It pays states for jailing certain aliens. A state that blocks cooperation is cut off. Five kinds of block are listed.
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Each distinct thing the section does: appropriate the money with its seven purposes, cap the number of immigration judges, bar grant money from one kind of program and condition it on compliance, and set the terms for compensating states that jail criminal aliens.
The seven purposes are grouped into summaries rather than recorded one by one.
The section points to title 28 of the United States Code, the Alien Registration Act, 1940, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and the Immigration and Nationality Act, none of which is indexed here.
