President Donald Trump wants to boost the nation's border security budget by nearly $44 billion, for one year only,the USA Today website reports today (May 3, 2025). The proposal would raise the Department of Homeland Security budget by two--thirds to $107 billion, from $65 billion for fiscal year 2026.
The one--time funding surge would enable DHS to pay for the president's planned deportation campaign, build border fencing, modernize the Coast Guard fleet, and enhance Secret Service operations.
The proposal would at the same time cut funding for programs that support vulnerable migrants or make investments in migrants' home countries to create the economic and security conditions that would encourage them to remain.
It cuts or eliminates funding for programs that resettle refugees, places unaccompanied minors with sponsors, provides emergency shelter to migrants and for USAID, the State Department entity that funds programs overseas. The president's proposal is a request; Congress holds the power of the purse to appropriate money to fund the government.
DHS is the umbrella agency for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- two agencies that are key to Trump's deportation and border security agenda.
"ICE, CBP, all of these different agencies have consistently felt underfunded for the missions they are allocated with," said Colleen Putzel--Kavanaugh, associate policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute for Mass Deportation. ICE has said it doesn't have the resources to do it."
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