
The Trump administration last Friday released the broad outlines of its fiscal year 2026 funding budget request, proposing a 65 percent increase for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that relies entirely on reconciliation bills the House committee has already marked up. The proposed budget would provide $107.4 billion in discretionary spending for DHS, a record for the department, which has $65.1 billion in FY ’25 funding. While a more detailed FY ’26 request is forthcoming, a footnote to the…