In the nature of a substitute.

Proposed by Mr. Graham, this amendment seeks to replace the entire content of bill S. 2 with the Secure America Act. The purpose of this amendment is to provide significant funding and specific mandates for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically focusing on border security and immigration enforcement.

Key Changes and Additions

The amendment adds the following appropriations and requirements:

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): Appropriates $9.55 billion for hiring and equipping personnel for functions other than immigration enforcement and customs. It also provides $3.45 billion for border surveillance technology, air and marine operations, and combating drug trafficking, specifically fentanyl.
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Appropriates $7.45 billion for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), including $108.5 million specifically for child exploitation investigators and forensics analysts.
• General DHS Funds: Appropriates $2.5 billion for purposes in Title I.

Committee on the Judiciary

• CBP Immigration Enforcement: Appropriates $13.02 billion for personnel and operations specifically to carry out immigration enforcement.
• ICE Immigration Enforcement: Appropriates $31.075 billion for:
  • Hiring and training personnel, attorneys, and support staff.
  • Alien departure and removal transportation.
  • IT and facility maintenance.
  • Expanding 287(g) agreements with state and local authorities.
  • At least $350 million specifically for the arrest of "covered unlawful aliens" in jurisdictions that are not "qualified cooperating jurisdictions."
• General DHS Funds: Appropriates an additional $2.5 billion for purposes in Title II.