Sec. 100051. Appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security

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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,055,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the following purposes: Hiring and training of additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary support staff, to carry out immigration enforcement activities. Funding for transportation costs and related costs associated with the departure or removal of aliens.

Funding for the assignment of Department of Homeland Security employees and State officers to carry out immigration enforcement activities pursuant to sections 103(a) and 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1103(a) and 1357(g)). Hiring additional staff and investing the necessary resources to enhance screening and vetting of all aliens seeking entry into United States, consistent with section 212 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 ), or intending to remain in the United States, consistent with section 237 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227 ).

In instances of aliens and alien children entering the United States without a valid visa, funding is provided for the purposes of— collecting fingerprints, in accordance with section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1302 ) and subsections (a)(3) and

(b)of section 235 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225 ); and collecting DNA, in accordance with sections 235(d) and 287(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(d) and 1357(b)). Transporting and facilitating the return, pursuant to section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C) ), of aliens arriving from contiguous territory. Funding for State and local participation in homeland security efforts for purposes of— ending the presence of criminal gangs and criminal organizations throughout the United States; addressing crime and public safety threats; combating human smuggling and trafficking networks throughout the United States; supporting immigration enforcement activities; and providing reimbursement for State and local participation in such efforts. Funding removal operations for specified unaccompanied alien children. Amounts made available under this paragraph shall only be used for permitting a specified unaccompanied alien child to withdraw the application for admission of the child pursuant to section 235(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(a)(4) ). In this paragraph: The term specified unaccompanied alien child means an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279(g) )) who the Secretary of Homeland Security determines on a case-by-case basis— has been found by an immigration officer at a land border or port of entry of the United States and is inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ); has not been a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and there is no credible evidence that such child is at risk of being trafficked upon return of the child to the child's country of nationality or country of last habitual residence; and does not have a fear of returning to the child’s country of nationality or country of last habitual residence owing to a credible fear of persecution. The term severe forms of trafficking in persons has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). Funding for the expedited removal of criminal aliens, in accordance with the provisions of section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1) ). Funding for the removal of certain criminal aliens without further hearings, in accordance with the provisions of section 235(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(c) ). Funding for criminal and gang checks of unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279(g) )) who are 12 years of age and older, including the examination of such unaccompanied alien children for gang-related tattoos and other gang-related markings. Information technology investments to support immigration purposes, including improvements to fee and revenue collections.

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