The Senate passed Schmitt’s provision to give ICE an additional $350 million for resources to arrest criminal illegal aliens released from local custody in sanctuary cities as part of the reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP.
Provide ICE an additional $350 million to arrest criminal illegal aliens released from local custody in sanctuary cities.
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The bill text provides not less than $350,000,000 for ICE for detainer management, detainer issuance, custodial transfer, release monitoring, transportation, and arrests of covered unlawful aliens in non-cooperating jurisdictions.
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On passage of S. 2, as amended, the Senate voted 52-47 and the bill passed.
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The committee text says, "Not less than $350,000,000" is appropriated to ICE for detainer management, transportation, and arrests of covered unlawful aliens in noncooperating jurisdictions.
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The Senate passed S. 2, the reconciliation bill, by a 52-47 vote. Eric Schmitt voted Yea.
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AP reported that Trump "signed a bill into law" giving his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost, after the House passed it 214-212. AP said the law provides $38 billion for ICE.
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The Washington Post reported that Schmitt "has also demanded restrictions on sanctuary cities" as part of a DHS deal, showing he was actively pushing the same enforcement priority before the reconciliation bill moved.
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The enrolled Secure America Act appropriates $31,075,000,000 to ICE through September 30, 2029, including: "Not less than $350,000,000 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement" for detainer management, custodial transfer, release monitoring, transportation, and arrests of covered unlawful aliens in jurisdictions that are not qualified cooperating jurisdictions.
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GovInfo lists the Secure America Act as Public Law 119-98, bill number S. 2, date approved June 10, 2026. Its legislative history says S. 2 passed the Senate on June 3 and 4, passed the House on June 9, and had presidential remarks on June 10.
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The enacted Secure America Act became Public Law 119-98 on June 10, 2026, during Eric Schmitt's Senate term, and included the specific not-less-than $350 million ICE appropriation for detainer, transfer, transportation, monitoring, and arrests in noncooperating jurisdictions. Schmitt also voted for the Senate passage vehicle, giving him candidate credit for materially advancing the measure in office.
The available evidence shows the exact promised $350 million ICE funding for arrests and transfers involving noncooperating sanctuary jurisdictions was written into Senate legislative text, Schmitt supported and helped advance that measure in the Senate, and the broader reconciliation bill was later enacted into law during his current Senate term. While the record here does not prove he was the sole architect of the provision, it does show material in-office contribution to a passed and signed measure that delivered the promised funding goal, which is sufficient for full credit in federal office context.
Schmitt appears to have materially advanced the promised ICE funding by getting the $350 million provision into Senate reconciliation text, and the Senate passed the bill. But the evidence does not show final enactment into law, because House action and presidential signature were still pending. That supports partial credit rather than full delivery.