# Alternatives to Detention

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Operations and Support  
**Source document:** Immigration and Customs Enforcement · p. 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/alternatives-to-detention  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 391.0 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 391.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 474.7 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Alternatives to Detention - PPA Level II Enforcement and Removal Operations - PPA Alternatives to Detention - PPA II Detention and Deportation Officers (DDOs): ATD DDOs provide oversight to aliens eligible for ATD through contractor-supported case management utilizing technology, home and office visits, alert response, and residence verifications. Non-LEOs: ATD non-LEOs perform administrative duties, such as court case tracking and case management, to allow ATD LEOs to focus on their Enforcement and Removal Operations - PPA Alternatives to Detention - PPA II Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers ATD ISAP IV (no FERM): Case management, technology, and contractor support to facilitate alien compliance with immigration release conditions, court hearings, and final orders of removal from the United States. Program & ERO Mission Support: Represent the essential resources required to sustain and enhance the operational effectiveness of ERO programs. These costs ensure that personnel, infrastructure, and technology are available to support the agency's mission of enforcing immigration Rapid DNA Testing: A rapid, low-cost, DNA-based family relationship (kinship) verification to improve immigration efficiency for legal kinship applicants, reduce kinship fraud, provide for family reunifications and conduct DNA watch list checks. Swift Contract Support: A program designe


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Immigration and Customs Enforcement › Operations and Support › Enforcement and Removal Operations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*