ensure immigration enforcement and border security are funded for the remainder of President Trump’s term
Ensure immigration enforcement and border security are funded for the remainder of President Trump's term.
Occurrences
We will fully fund both border security and immigration enforcement for the balance of President Trump's term.
we will fully fund the agency, including ICE and CBP, for three years into the future.
the budget resolution ... will ensure border security and immigration enforcement will be funded for the balance of the Trump Administration ... [and] specifically fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years
We're going to fully fund immigration enforcement and border security and our reconciliation bill.
the net result of passing our reconciliation bill is that ICE and CBP are funded for three years
Evidence
Johnson said Republicans would use a two-track approach to fully reopen DHS and specifically fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years.
The President signed H.R. 7147 into law on April 30, 2026, enacting further appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
The bill text provides specific FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and support, and states some border security assets funding remains available until September 30, 2028.
Johnson and Thune announced a two-track approach through appropriations and reconciliation, saying Republicans would fund DHS, CBP, ICE, immigration enforcement, and border security for the balance of the Trump Administration and for the next three years.
Congress.gov records H.R. 1 as becoming Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025, after Senate passage, House agreement to the Senate amendment by recorded vote 218-214, and presentation to the President.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1 as passed, 218-214, and lists Johnson (LA), Republican, as voting Aye.
Public Law 119-21 appropriates $46.55 billion to CBP for fiscal year 2025, available until September 30, 2029, for border infrastructure and wall system expenses including barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, sensors, and other detection technology.
Public Law 119-21 appropriates CBP funds through September 30, 2029, including $4.1 billion for personnel, $2.05263 billion for bonuses, $855 million for vehicles, and $5 billion for CBP facilities and checkpoints; it separately provides $45 billion to ICE through September 30, 2029 for detention capacity.
Public Law 119-21 appropriates $6.168 billion to CBP through September 30, 2029 for border security, technology, and screening, including surveillance technology, air and marine upgrades, screening, and combating drug trafficking at southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
Public Law 119-21 appropriates $2.055 billion to DHS through September 30, 2029 for immigration enforcement activities, departures and removals, 287(g) assignments, screening and vetting, expedited removal of criminal aliens, and related IT; it also appropriates $29.85 billion to ICE through September 30, 2029 for hiring, training, transportation, enforcement and removal operations, facilities, fleet modernization, and 287(g) agreements.
The White House states that the President signed H.R. 7147, the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
The enrolled H.R. 7147 appropriates funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; it provides CBP operations and support and CBP procurement, construction, and improvements, with some border-security asset accounts available until September 30, 2028. It also states that the explanatory statement entries for ICE and CBP Border Security Operations have no force or effect and those final bill column amounts are $0.
Assessments
Public Law 119-21 enacted during Johnson's current House term and Trump's presidential term provides multi-year DHS, CBP, ICE, detention, border infrastructure, technology, and immigration enforcement funding through September 30, 2029, which covers the remainder of Trump's term ending January 20, 2029. Johnson publicly committed to the two-track funding strategy and personally voted for final House passage of H.R. 1, so the federal campaign and office context supports candidate credit rather than merely unrelated later action.
Johnson publicly pushed a two-track plan to fund DHS, immigration enforcement, and border security, and H.R. 7147 was enacted with FY2026 appropriations for ICE and some border-security accounts. But the available evidence does not show funding secured for the entire remainder of President Trump’s term through January 2029, so the promise was only partially delivered.
Johnson publicly advanced a strategy to reopen DHS and fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years, and a DHS appropriations measure was enacted during his current federal term. The enacted funding appears to provide concrete FY2026 appropriations for ICE and border-security-related accounts, with some funds available through September 30, 2028. However, the promise was to ensure funding for the remainder of President Trump's term, which extends beyond FY2026 and through January 2029. The available evidence shows meaningful action and partial funding progress, but not full coverage for the remainder of the presidential term.