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The bill rescinds unobligated FEMA funds to limit FEMA's role at the border and reduce federal spending, trading potential savings and preserved disaster-response capacity for increased strain on border operations, reduced local sheltering support, and risks to migrant conditions.
Taxpayers face modestly reduced federal spending because unobligated FEMA funds that had been set aside for CBP overcrowding support are rescinded.
FEMA is more likely to remain focused on traditional disaster response by limiting its involvement in border holding-facility support, preserving agency resources and personnel for natural disasters and emergencies.
CBP, DHS personnel and border communities could face increased operational strain because rescinding unobligated balances may delay or cancel planned facility improvements or contracting and reduce FEMA's flexibility to assist at the border.
Local governments and nonprofits lose a federal funding source for urgent sheltering or mitigation projects tied to CBP overcrowding, reducing local capacity to provide temporary shelter or services.
Immigrants held in CBP short-term holding facilities may experience worse conditions if local sheltering and facility improvements are blocked by the rescission of funds.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced February 27, 2025 by Michael Cloud · Last progress February 27, 2025
Prohibits FEMA from operating or funding any program that supports sheltering or related activities provided by non‑Federal entities to relieve overcrowding in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) short‑term holding facilities. It also rescinds unobligated balances that had been transferred into FEMA under two recent consolidated appropriations laws, removing previously available funds for those activities.