Judicial provisions in the historic bill will strengthen national security, protect American families and combat judicial overreach
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spearheaded large portions of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act that strengthen national security, reform the immigration system, expand resources for law enforcement, protect American families and fight the scourge of judicial overreach. Under Grassley’s leadership, these provisions make up the largest border and immigration package in modern day history.
Here’s how the One Big Beautiful Bill’s judiciary provisions deliver for Americans.
STRENGTHENING BORDER SECURITY AND FIXING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Over ten million illegal immigrants crossed the southern border during the last four years – more than three times the population of the state of Iowa. President Trump has already brought illegal border crossings down to historic lows, and under his leadership, year-over-year border apprehensions have dropped 90 percent.
The One Big Beautiful Bill cements that success and provides historic investments to strengthen and improve America’s border security and immigration system. It also gives front-line immigration enforcement officials the tools they need to recover from the Biden Border Breakdown.
Finishing the wall and securing the border:
Americans overwhelmingly supported President Trump’s promise to end the border crisis and safeguard American sovereignty. This legislation provides $46.5 billion for border wall construction and associated infrastructure, like access roads, cameras, lights and sensors. It also improves border surveillance, including air and marine operations and efforts to combat drug trafficking and human smuggling. In addition, it invests in the detention of illegal immigrants taken into custody pending removal, and it supports funding to hire more Border Patrol agents.
Investing in immigration enforcement:
This legislation provides investments for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase staffing and enhance migrant screening and vetting processes, including background checks for illegal immigrants. It also allocates funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enhance the recruitment and retention of staff and to support enforcement and removal operations. It additionally includes Department of Justice (DOJ) funding to hire more immigration judges to address the yearslong case log of immigration petitions, cases and orders of removals, and investigate and prosecute immigration matters, including cartel and gang-related crimes.
Reimbursing states who stepped up to protect American communities:
The Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (BIDEN) Reimbursement Fund helps states recover for the funds they spent on the investigation, location, apprehension or temporary detention of criminal illegal immigrants from Jan 20, 2021, through Sept 30, 2028. It also covers the costs inflicted on local courts that prosecuted crimes committed by illegal immigrants, including drug and human trafficking.
Combatting the scourge of fentanyl:
Fentanyl poisoning kills roughly 150 Americans per day. To protect America’s communities and clamp down on the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl, the legislation funds DOJ efforts to combat drug trafficking and precursor chemicals.
Helping victims of undocumented immigrant crime:
In 2017, Grassley supported DHS’s decision to launch the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office. The VOICE Office serves as a support system that can provide assistance and resources to individuals victimized or harmed by criminal illegal migrants. The One Big Beautiful Bill strengthens the VOICE Office by ensuring it has the resources needed to provide nonfinancial assistance to those affected by the Biden Border Breakdown.
Protecting vulnerable youth:
The bill contains a provision to help protect illegal immigrant children from exploitation by providing funds to fingerprint and collect DNA from illegal migrants attempting to enter the United States without a valid visa. Grassley has led efforts to protect unaccompanied migrant children from exploitation and abuse for more than a decade. In April, the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed Grassley’s numerous concerns about abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services’ unaccompanied migrant children program.
SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
Senator Grassley is proud to back the blue. The One Big Beautiful Bill stands with the men and women who put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe.
Investing in law enforcement:
The bill includes funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne JAG) and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to support boots-on-the-ground efforts to combat violent crime in local communities. To receive additional funding made available in this package, state and local governments must be in full compliance with federal immigration laws.
The legislation also supports ICE’s 287(g) program, which helps expand the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration laws through the supervised support of willing state and local law enforcement jurisdictions. Grassley led the establishment of the 287(g) program?in 1996.?
Additionally, the Bureau of Prisons receives much needed funding to address mounting staff shortages and deferred capital improvements to detention structures. The bill also funds law enforcement training centers, such as the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) training resources.
Protecting the president:
In the wake of two assassination attempts against President Trump, this bill provides essential resources for U.S. Secret Service (USSS) recruitment and training efforts. These will help ensure USSS can fully and effectively carry out its mission: protection.
RESTORING THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY
For years, Republicans and Democrats have opposed the overuse of universal injunctions, which have no basis in the Constitution and allow a single judge to dictate nationwide policy. Article III of the Constitution limits courts to deciding the “cases” or “controversies” before them, which the Supreme Court recently affirmed in a 6-3 ruling.
The One Big Beautiful Bill includes provisions authored by Judiciary Chairman Grassley that fight back against judicial overreach and the use of unconstitutional universal injunctions. They include:
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