The FY2027 President's Budget requests $163.0M for Fugitive Operations, within Homeland Security's Operations and Support account. That is down 5.8% on the FY2026 figure of $172.9M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $172.9M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $172.9M |
| FY2027 | request | $163.0M |
The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure — the rate a continuing resolution funds at, not an enacted appropriation. The two are different numbers and are not interchangeable. Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Homeland Security's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers Equipment: This cost driver consists of necessary equipment to support law enforcement operations. Examples include biometric readers, laptops, Travel: Associated with mission critical travel (e.g., Mobile Criminal Alien Teams (MCATs)) and surges in order to apprehend fugitive and Fugitive Operations Contracts: Fugitive Operations contracts provide advanced data analytics, data processing, and data access services from third- Other Costs: Other Costs include one-time charges (e.g., furniture, uniforms, phones, Operations & Maintenance for vehicles) to support Fugitive Enforcement and Removal Operations - PPA Criminal Alien Program - PPA II
Extracted from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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