$13,020,000,000 is appropriated for border agents and support staff to carry out immigration enforcement
What the document says“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $13,020,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary support staff, and to provide other necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission support and operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immigration enforcement activities.”
The section appropriates $13,020,000,000 to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, in addition to amounts otherwise available. The money remains available until September 30, 2029. It is for hiring, paying, training and equipping agents and the necessary support staff, and for other necessary expenses of mission support and of operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immigration enforcement activities.
What the document actually says“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $13,020,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary support staff, and to provide other necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission support and operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immigration enforcement activities.”
Congress sets aside $13,020,000,000 for the head of the border force. It may be spent up to September 30, 2029. It pays to hire, pay, train, and equip agents and the staff who back them up. It also pays the running costs of the force.
This part sits in Title II of the law. Title II pays for immigration work. Title I says in each of its parts that its money is for work of some other kind.
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