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The bill directs targeted, multi‑year increases in JAG funding to jurisdictions that participate in 287(g) immigration‑enforcement agreements—bolstering resources and planning for those localities but risking shifts in policing priorities, reduced immigrant cooperation, reallocation of limited grant funds, and some fiscal and administrative uncertainty.
State and local governments with active 287(g) agreements (and their law enforcement agencies) will be eligible for up to a 10% boost in annual JAG funding, increasing resources for public-safety programs.
Local jurisdictions can use the additional JAG funds for crime prevention, equipment, training, and prosecution support, which can directly strengthen community safety and policing capacity.
States and localities receive predictable multi‑year funding ($20 million per year from FY2027–FY2033) to support the increased payments, improving budget planning and program stability for eligible jurisdictions.
Residents in jurisdictions that adopt or expand 287(g) agreements (and immigrants living there) may experience a shift in local policing priorities toward immigration enforcement and away from community policing.
Immigrant communities may become less likely to report crimes or cooperate with police where grants are tied to immigration enforcement participation, reducing public-safety effectiveness for the whole community.
The 10% increase for participating jurisdictions is funded from federal JAG allocations, which could reduce funding available to jurisdictions that do not participate or otherwise change grant distributions.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Allows jurisdictions with an ICE 287(g) agreement to seek up to a 10% increase in their JAG grant; funds authorized at $20M/year for 2027–2033.
Introduced April 28, 2026 by Marsha Blackburn · Last progress April 28, 2026
Provides a limited new funding pathway for state and local governments that have a written 287(g) agreement with ICE by allowing them to request up to a 10% boost in their Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) allocation, based on a three‑year average. The bill also authorizes $20 million per year from fiscal 2027 through 2033 to pay for those increases.