President Donald Trump is proposing a significant boost in funding for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal 2026 as part of his tough-on-immigration approach.
The “skinny” version of the White House’s budget blueprint released Friday would provide $107.4 billion for DHS in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, an increase of $42.3 billion, or 64.9 percent, above the $65.1 billion fiscal 2025 enacted level.
That number assumes enactment of a budget reconciliation package Republicans have begun drafting with $175 billion for border security, including $43.8 billion allocated for fiscal 2026, according to the document.
White House Office of Management Director Russ Vought, in an accompanying letter included in the document, called it “a historic $175 billion investment to, at long last, fully secure our border.”
A breakdown of the funding says the new money would enable DHS “to fully implement the President’s mass removal campaign, finish construction of the border wall on the Southwest border, procure advanced border security technology, modernize the fleet and facilities of the Coast Guard, and enhance Secret Service protective operations.”
The funds also would facilitate events like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics, according to the document.
The White House at the same time says its proposal would decrease funds for certain agencies within DHS that it says would keep the agencies refocused on their missions.
Non-disaster grant programs for the Federal Emergency Management Agency would see a decrease of $646 million, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would see a decrease of $491 million, and the Transportation Security Administration screening funding would see a decrease amounting to $247 million, the document states.
The White House justifies the reduction of non-disaster FEMA grant programs by characterizing them as “wasteful and woke” and a vestige of the Biden administration.
“The Budget would end activities such as webinars promoting the distribution of disaster aid based on ‘intersectional’ factors like sexual orientation and prioritizing ‘investment in diversity and inclusion efforts…and multicultural training’ over disaster prevention and response,” the breakdown says.
The White House said the budget would encourage “States and communities to build resilience and use their unique local knowledge and ample resources in disaster response.”
The Shelter and Services Program for migrants operated under FEMA, which had been a focal point for debate over Biden’s immigration policies in the 2024 election, would see a decrease of $650 million, which the White House says would eliminate the initiative.
In a separate fact sheet, the White House said program grants were used “to sabotage immigration law enforcement by transporting and sheltering illegal aliens, often in luxury hotels, weakening the United States from within, crippling social support systems needed by American citizens, and promoting crime and disorder in American cities.”
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