Trump signs $70B Secure America Act, locking ICE and CBP enforcement funding through FY2029 without annual oversight

President Trump signed the $70 billion Secure America Act on June 10, 2026, a Republican-led homeland security bill that uses budget reconciliation to lock in funding for ICE and CBP enforcement through fiscal year 2029. By bypassing the normal appropriations process, the bill eliminates Congress's annual funding check on these agencies—effectively giving the administration a multiyear blank check for detention and deportation operations. The American Action Forum confirms the bill provides lump-sum amounts for these enforcement agencies rather than annual allocations, and the Senate parliamentarian's Byrd rule rulings removed a separate $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund that would have compensated Trump allies, but the core enforcement funding remained intact.

The practical effect is to lock in mass detention and deportation without meaningful congressional oversight: detention capacity can expand without annual debate, deportation quotas can be set by executive fiat, and civil rights abuses in ICE custody can continue without the threat of a funding cutoff. Importantly, the bundle does not support any claim that the Secure America Act explicitly suspends the Flores Settlement Agreement, which governs the detention of minors in HHS custody—not ICE detention generally. Any such claim would be unsupported by the provided sources. Immigrant families and communities now face a predictable 2.5-year surge in enforcement actions with no congressional off-ramp. A functional immigration system would instead tie enforcement funding to measurable due-process metrics, invest in immigration judges and consular staff, and expand legal pathways—not bypass oversight entirely.