# Immigration Inspection User Fee

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Immigration Inspection User Fee  
**Source document:** Customs and Border Protection · p. 8  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/immigration-inspection-user-fee  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 914.2 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 1,002.4 |
| FY2027 | request | 1,042.3 |

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

The Immigration Inspection User Fee (IIUF) is primarily used to fund immigration inspection and detention services at air and seaports of entry. The revenue supports operations of both U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). After the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), most of the immigration inspection functions were transferred to CBP; however, the functions funded by the IIUF for detention and removal of aliens and other investigative activities were transferred to ICE. As a result, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was established between CBP and ICE in 2004 to govern the allocation of fee collections between the two DHS Components. This MOA remains in effect to guide the allocation of fee collections. Fee Authority: Section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA, Pub. Law 82-414), as amended, established the Immigration User Fee account, and authorized certain user fees to be deposited into the account. The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. Law 99-653) authorized the collection of user fees from certain commercial aircraft and commercial vessel passengers arriving in the United States. Currently, the statute authorizes $3.00 for passengers arriving from the United States, Canada, Mexico, a State, Territory, or possession of the United States or adjacent islands, and $7.00 for passengers aboard commercial aircraft or vessels originating in foreign countries. Additionally, carrier fines collected for violations of Sections 243(c), 271, and 273 of the INA are deposited into the Immigration Inspection User Fee account. Fee Uses: The IIUF funds a portion of salaries, benefits, and overtime for CBP Officers performing immigration inspections, detention, and removal of aliens. By statute, CBP appropriations can be reimbursed for the following activities: Providing immigration inspection and pre-inspection services; Providing overtime inspection services; Administration of debt recovery; Detection of fraudulent documents; Detention and removal of aliens; and Asylum proceedings at airports and seaports.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Customs and Border Protection › Immigration Inspection User Fee


*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.*