As Senate Republicans Move to Give ICE, CBP $70 Billion, Agencies Are Sitting on $100 Billion from Previous Reconciliation Bill

As of the End of April, ICE and CBP Still Have $100 Billion in Unobligated Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Senate Republicans prepare to pass a funding bill that would give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion in new funding, data from the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) SF-133 reports shows that, as of the end of April, the two agencies are sitting on $100 billion in unobligated funding from the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that passed last July. Following this news, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement.

"ICE and CBP continue to sit on $100 billion that they received in the Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Bill last summer, and Republicans want to give them nearly $70 billion more while families are pressed to the wall. Instead of more chaos and corruption, Congress should focus on helping working families by lowering the cost of gas or making their weekly groceries more affordable," said Ranking Member Jeff Merkley. "Republicans continue to champion a vision of our country where families lose and billionaires win. As Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, I will fight further unchecked power and blank checks to Trump's rogue police and continue to focus on hardworking families."

Last month, Merkley announced that the two agencies were sitting on over $103 billion from OBBBA at the end of March; $63 billion for ICE and $40 billion for CBP.

Using publicly available data published monthly by OMB, Senate Budget Committee staff calculated how much funding for ICE and CBP remain unobligated from OBBBA.

As of the end of April 2026:

• Of the $75 billion provided to ICE in OBBBA, $63 billion remain.
• Of the $65 billion provided to CBP in OBBBA, $37 billion remain.

Budget Committee staff examined apportionment amounts from the SF-132, or Apportionment and Reapportionment Schedule via OpenOMB.org to determine which Treasury Account Fund Symbol (TAFS) received money from OBBBA, P.L. 119-21. Staff then used OMB's monthly SF-133 reports to determine the mandatory unobligated balances for each account, identified by TAFS numbers. The SF-133, or Report on Budget Execution and Budgetary Resources, shows how much budget authority an agency has, how much has been obligated and expended, and what remains available in each account designated by TAFS numbers. SF-133 reports are available here.

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