Immigration enforcement funding

How much money Congress gives ICE, Border Patrol and the rest of Homeland Security for border and immigration enforcement, and what conditions come with it.

What they call for

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3 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.

Increase funding for ICE and deportations

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Barr voted to fund the largest deportation in history through President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, tripling funding for ICE agents.”
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“I’m Andy Barr and I approve this message because I funded ICE at record levels, and I want every dangerous criminal illegal they can find deported.”
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“I was with Trump every step of the way, leading the fight to help him build the wall, and fund the largest deportation effort in history.”
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Barry Moore
Senate · Alabama · Republican
“Barry voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill that provided $45 billion to ICE to deport the 10 million+ illegal immigrants that have entered since 2020.”
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Increase funding for Border Patrol and border security

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy voted for the largest border security bill in history that sent record resources to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to seal our border in 2025.”
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“Funding to hire more border agents”
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“Whether it was successfully leading the defense of President Trump’s authority in federal court to build the wall in his first term or voting to send record resources to CBP through the Big Beautiful Bill to secure the border, I will always stand side-by-side with the men and women of the NBPC.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“I am proud to have voted for historic funding and investment for our border security in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which helped provide the Trump administration with the resources they need to keep our border secure and the American people safe.”
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“I authored legislation included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, the WIRED Act, based on Oklahoma’s successful policy taxing wire transfers sent out of the country to fund our border security.”
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Fund and finish the border wall

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“I was with Trump every step of the way, leading the fight to help him build the wall, and fund the largest deportation effort in history.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“To protect our nation’s security and sovereignty, I voted to fund the border wall (H.R.695), and I cosponsored the No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act (H.R.768) to stop public funding for colleges that do not follow federal immigration law.”
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