A bill to authorize an increase in the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant allocation for jurisdictions that enter into a 287(g) agreement to enhance immigration enforcement.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-04-28

The federal government would provide additional grant money to local police departments and sheriff's offices that sign agreements allowing their officers to help enforce federal immigration laws. These extra funds, coming from an existing federal law enforcement grant program, would go to jurisdictions that partner with immigration authorities to identify and process people in the country illegally. The money is intended to support the costs of immigration enforcement activities at the local level.