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This bill, the Secure America Act, appropriates funds for fiscal year 2026 to enhance border security and immigration enforcement. * **U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Personnel:** $9,550,000,000 from the Treasury to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and support personnel for functions other than immigration enforcement and customs. This funding remains available until September 30, 2029. * **U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Investigations:** $7,450,000,000 from the Treasury for Homeland Security Investigations agents and support personnel, including $108,500,000 specifically for child exploitation investigators and forensics analysts. This funding remains available until September 30, 2029, and is for non-immigration and customs enforcement missions. * **Border Security Technology and Operations (CBP):** $3,450,000,000 from the Treasury for nonintrusive inspection equipment, air and marine platforms, border surveillance technologies, biometric entry and exit systems, and efforts to combat drug trafficking. This funding remains available until September 30, 2029. * **Additional Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations:** $2,500,000,000 from the Treasury for purposes outlined in Title I of the bill, remaining available until September 30, 2029. * **U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Immigration Enforcement:** $13,020,000,000 from the Treasury for hiring, paying, training, and equipping CBP agents and support staff for immigration enforcement activities. This funding remains available until September 30, 2029. * **U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Immigration Enforcement:** $31,075,000,000 from the Treasury for a broad range of immigration enforcement activities, including hiring personnel, transportation for removal operations, information technology, facility and fleet maintenance, 287(g) agreements, the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, and operations to arrest released unlawful aliens. A significant portion, at least $350,000,000, is designated for detainer management, transportation, and arrests of certain unlawful aliens encountered in jurisdictions that are not qualified cooperating jurisdictions. This funding remains available until September 30, 2029. * **Additional Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations:** $2,500,000,000 from the Treasury for purposes outlined in Title II of the bill, remaining available until September 30, 2029.