# Criminal Alien Program

**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/criminal-alien-program  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 333.4 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 333.4 |
| FY2027 | request | 293.1 |

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

Detention and Deportation Officers (DDOs): CAP DDOs apprehend and remove incarcerated criminal aliens within Federal, State, and local prisons and jails in the United States. Non-LEOs: Non-LEOs assist with mission-critical administrative functions, such as data and records management, to enable DDOs to process an Enforcement and Removal Operations - PPA Criminal Alien Program - PPA II Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers Law Enforcement Systems and Analysis (LESA): This cost driver includes contracts for project management support for LESA. It provides for the analysis of nationwide enforcement operations as well as coordination with State and local law enforcement jurisdictions to support immigration priorities. It is derived from costs associated with project management contract support to improve data analysis and technology of immigration Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) / Field Offices: Contracts support nationwide enforcement operations as well as coordination with State and local law enforcement jurisdictions to support immigration priorities. The LESC provides Law Enforcement Agencies with timely immigration status, identity information, real-time assistance, and other person-centr


**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.*