The ongoing fight over fiscal 2026 funding for immigration enforcement is threatening millions of dollars in home-state earmarks for disaster preparedness projects.
The compromise full-year Homeland Security bill, which was dropped from the $1.2 trillion spending package enacted last week, includes $272.7 million across 203 home-state projects for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the only agency covered by the bill eligible for earmarks. However, the ongoing fight over the operations of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agencies after two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has put these projects in limbo.
Traditionally, any extension of funding that could be enacted if there is no agreement on a final bill would not include earmarks. Republicans are floating another full-year extension of Homeland Security funding as a backup plan, although Democrats are likely to oppose that move.
