Trump signs $70bn Secure America Act, locking ICE and CBP funding through 2029

Summary

Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act (S. 2) on 10 June 2026, a budget-reconciliation bill channelling roughly $70bn into immigration enforcement through FY2029 — about $38bn to Ice and $26bn to Cbp. The Senate passed it 5 June and the House 9 June on simple-majority lines, using reconciliation to bypass the 60-vote filibuster. Passage followed a 76-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown (14 February–30 April) that began when Democrats sought to constrain the agencies after the January killing of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis. The funding entrenches the United States deportation apparatus to the end of Trump's term, insulating it from future appropriations fights and feeding the escalating urban raids tracked in ICE's Chicago 'Midway Blitz' and the National Guard fight escalate.

By the numbers

• ~$70bn — total enforcement funding through FY2029.
• ~$38bn ICE / ~$26bn CBP — agency splits cited.
• 76 days — length of the DHS shutdown (14 Feb–30 Apr 2026).
• 5 June Senate / 9 June House — passage dates; signed 10 June.

Why it matters

Reconciliation lets a bare majority lock multi-year enforcement money beyond the reach of the next budget standoff. It hard-wires mass deportation as fiscal fact, not annual discretion, and removes the funding lever Democrats used during the shutdown — shifting the fight to the courts and the streets.

What to watch

• Whether the $70bn accelerates the Chicago-style raids and detention build-out.
• Legal challenges to enforcement tactics the funding underwrites.
• Whether Democrats attempt clawbacks if they retake a chamber in 2026 midterms.