This bill would move unused money that was appropriated to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under sections 102 and 202 of the Secure America Act to the Department of Education. The transferred money would be used to carry out programs under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The bill also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to sell each "covered immigration detention warehouse" within 60 days after the bill becomes law. The bill defines those covered warehouses as the 11 facilities purchased by the Secretary for immigration detention between January 1, 2026, and March 31, 2026.
If this bill became law, unobligated funds previously appropriated to ICE under the cited sections would be redirected to the Department of Education for Title I, part A programs. The Department of Homeland Security would be required to sell the 11 specified detention warehouses within 60 days of enactment. The text does not say which schools, districts, or communities would receive funding or the timing of any payments.
No publicly available information on the total dollar amounts to be transferred is included in the provided text. The bill refers only to "unobligated funds" appropriated under specific sections; it does not list specific sums, estimated budgetary effects, or projected revenue from the required facility sales.
Sponsors listed in the bill metadata are Representative Greg Stanton, Yassamin Ansari, and Adelita Grijalva. The bill text itself states the actions it would require (transfer of unobligated ICE funds to Title I programs and the sale of 11 detention warehouses). No publicly available information in the provided text describes additional statements or reasons from the sponsors.
No publicly available information on organized opposition or opponents' statements is included in the provided bill text or metadata.