Will continue pursuing appropriations and oversight efforts to expand Tribal government competency training for federal immigration enforcement officers.

She secured language in the FY26 House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Bill Report for DHS to support Tribal governmental competency training to reduce immigration enforcement encounters with Native Americans. ... Additionally, she is leading a FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations request with 12 other Members for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to provide tribal government competency training for federal immigration enforcement officers.

The article says Leger Fernández is pursuing appropriations language and a FY27 request to expand Tribal government competency training for federal immigration enforcement officers.

Leger Fernández, Luján, Davids, Bacon Lead Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Wrongful Detention of Native Americans During ICE Enforcement | Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández
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