Schmitt Secures $350 Million for ICE Jail-Release Deportations in $70 Billion Enforcement Bill
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Schmitt Secures $350 Million for ICE Jail-Release Deportations in $70 Billion Enforcement Bill
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Summary
$350 million in the House-passed immigration package would let ICE arrest and deport criminal undocumented immigrants when state or local custody ends, targeting noncooperation by sanctuary jurisdictions.
Schmitt said the approach addresses about 18,000 2025 cases in which local authorities allegedly released deportable offenders without coordinating with federal agents, forcing ICE to pursue them later in communities.
He argued jail-release arrests are safer than broader immigration raids because officers can take suspects into custody at a controlled handoff rather than after they return to the public.
The provision sits inside a broader $70 billion Republican enforcement bill that funds ICE and CBP through 2029, marking a wider push to expand deportations and border enforcement.