The House passed the Secure America Act on June 9 by a razor-thin 214-212 vote, unlocking roughly $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding over three years. Every single Democrat voted against it, joined by Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, the lone Republican-caucusing independent to break ranks.
The Senate had already cleared the package days earlier on a 52-47 party-line vote, meaning the bill now heads to President Trump’s desk.
Where the money goes
The three-year funding window runs through FY2029 and splits into three main buckets. ICE gets approximately $38.5 billion, the largest single allocation. Customs and Border Protection receives over $26 billion for border patrol operations. And the Department of Homeland Security secretary gets $5 billion in discretionary funds.
Democrats objected fiercely throughout the process. Their unanimous opposition made the math brutally tight for Republican leadership, which could afford to lose exactly two votes and still pass the bill. They lost one, Kevin Kiley, and survived.
