The White House has submitted to Congress a Fiscal Year 2027 budget request that proposes sweeping changes across the agencies responsible for domestic security, immigration enforcement, law enforcement, and national defense, including a record $1.5 trillion for the Department of War and the largest Department of Justice funding increase in recent memory.
The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, submitted to Congress on April 4, proposes dramatic increases for national security and law enforcement agencies while sharply reducing foreign assistance and restructuring several domestic security programs. Spanning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of State, and the renamed Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense), the homeland security-relevant portions of the budget reflect the Administration’s stated priorities of border enforcement, violent crime reduction, military modernization, and counterterrorism.
The overall request totals $2.16 trillion in discretionary budget authority when including mandatory resources, a 15.3 percent increase over the FY2026 enacted level. A significant portion of the funding for homeland security agencies has already been appropriated through the Working Families Tax Cut Act (WFTC), enacted in 2025, which provided more than $190 billion in multi-year mandatory funding specifically for DHS operations.
Department of Homeland Security
The budget requests $63 billion in discretionary budget authority for DHS in FY2027, a decrease of $2.2 billion, or 3.3 percent, from the FY2026 continuing resolution level. However, that figure does not capture the full picture: the Administration estimates that at least $31.4 billion in WFTC mandatory funding will be allocated to DHS in FY2027 alone, with the five-year WFTC total for DHS exceeding $190 billion.
The WFTC funds are designated for what the budget describes as the Administration’s mass deportation campaign, completion of the southern border wall, procurement of advanced border security technology, Coast Guard fleet modernization, and enhanced Secret Service protective operations.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) receives $18.5 billion in the base request, including $136 million for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) technology to manage tariff and trade payments, $322 million for counter-drug technology and operations, and $243 million for Air and Marine Operations assets.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is funded at $10 billion, maintaining the FY2026 level. The base request includes $2.2 billion to sustain 41,500 immigration detention beds. Separately, WFTC provided $75 billion for ICE to activate up to 100,000 single adult detention beds and 30,000 family unit beds as part of expanded enforcement operations.
The U.S. Coast Guard receives a $2.1 billion increase over the prior year for operations, bringing its total to $12.5 billion, in connection with the Agency’s Force Design 2028 initiative. The WFTC separately provided a $24.6 billion investment in Coast Guard assets and infrastructure.
The U.S. Secret Service receives an additional $36 million for protective operations, along with funding to hire 852 new positions, including 520 special agents, and to begin preparations for the 2028 Presidential campaign and 2028 Olympic Games.
DHS Cuts and Restructuring
The budget proposes a $1.3 billion reduction in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) non-disaster grant programs, eliminating the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program, the Shelter and Services Program, and the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, among others. The budget document states the changes are intended to refocus FEMA on core emergency management functions and reduce what it characterizes as mission creep.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) faces a $707 million reduction and significant restructuring. The budget eliminates CISA’s external engagement offices, international affairs functions, and programs the Administration characterizes as focused on misinformation monitoring. The budget states CISA will be refocused on Federal network defense and critical infrastructure protection.
The budget also proposes beginning the privatization of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening, requiring small airports to enroll in the Screening Partnership Program, through which TSA contracts private screeners. The measure is projected to yield modest near-term savings of approximately $52 million.
A DHS headquarters reorganization consolidates the Office of the Secretary, the Management Directorate, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the Office of Situational Awareness into a single reporting structure. The reorganization also eliminates the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman.
The Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) is restructured as a distinct office within CISA, consolidating research and development, Federal assistance, the National Biosurveillance Integration Center, and policy oversight. Programs including Securing the Cities, BioWatch, and radiological detection capabilities are retained under the reorganized structure.
Department of Justice and the FBI
The budget requests a record $40.8 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Justice(DOJ) in FY2027, a $4.7 billion, or 13 percent, increase over the FY2026 enacted level, which is described in budget documents as a “historic” investment in law enforcement. The request builds on $11.8 billion in WFTC funding previously provided to DOJ.
Immigration enforcement receives $899 million for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), including funding to expand the immigration judge corps and courtroom capacity. The budget notes that EOIR received more than 450,000 new cases in the prior year, bringing the total pending caseload to over 3.8 million cases. An additional $63 million is requested for the Civil Division to defend Federal immigration laws from legal challenges.
Violent crime operations represent the single largest investment, with $22.2 billion in total funding to expand law enforcement surge capacity, enforce immigration policies, and support task forces in high-crime areas. The budget cites results from existing task forces, including what it describes as a 57 percent reduction in homicides in Washington, D.C. A new $100 million Model Cities Initiative grant program is proposed to facilitate coordinated Federal, State, local, and tribal crime reduction strategies.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) receives $362 million in additional resources to hire more than 300 new agents and deploy advanced drug trafficking intelligence systems targeting cartel networks. The budget states DEA has conducted more than 21,000 arrests and seized nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder and 47 million fentanyl pills since the Administration took office.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) receives $12.5 billion for salaries and expenses, a $1.9 billion increase. Investments include Unmanned Aerial Systems operations and counter-drone capabilities, counterterrorism, and security operations for the 2028 Olympic Games. The budget cites 67,000 FBI arrests since January 20, 2026, a figure it describes as a 197 percent increase from the prior year.
The Bureau of Prisons receives a $1.7 billion increase, building on $5 billion in WFTC funding, to address facility conditions, staffing shortages, and correctional officer pay. Within this level, $152 million is allocated for the first year of costs to rebuild Alcatraz as a secure federal prison facility, consistent with a previously issued executive order.
A new National Fraud Division receives $30 million, and a new office within the Civil Rights Division dedicated to Second Amendment protections receives $1.4 million.
DOJ Cuts
The budget eliminates approximately 30 grant programs totaling $1.7 billion, which it characterizes as duplicative, ineffective, or misaligned with Administration priorities. It also eliminates the Community Relations Service and the Office of Access to Justice, saving approximately $20 million.
Department of State and International Programs
The budget requests $35.6 billion in discretionary budget authority for the State Department and other international programs, a $15.5 billion, or 30 percent, reduction from the FY2026 enacted level. Within that total, $33.6 billion is designated for the State Department itself, a $13.9 billion decrease.
New Investments
A new America First Opportunity Fund (A1OF) receives $5 billion to support what the budget describes as core national security interests: countering illegal immigration, securing critical mineral supply chains, and countering adversarial geopolitical expansion. The fund may also provide targeted security assistance to partner nations including Jordan and the Philippines.
Critical minerals financing totals nearly $13 billion across multiple departments, in support of executive orders directing increased domestic mineral production and supply chain security.
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) is funded at $1.2 billion to counter transnational criminal organizations, strengthen law enforcement cooperation with foreign partners, and support extraditions.
Foreign Military Financing (FMF) totals $5.3 billion in grant or loan subsidy assistance and $18 billion in loan authority.
State Department Cuts
Humanitarian assistance is reduced by $2 billion, with remaining funds consolidated into a new International Humanitarian Assistance account focused on counter-migration programming and life-saving assistance with a direct U.S. national interest nexus.
The Food for Peace Title II program is eliminated, saving $1.2 billion. Budget documents cite average delivery times of 147 days and cost inefficiencies compared to locally procured food aid.
Global Health Programs are reduced by $4.3 billion, with $5.1 billion retained under a new America First Global Health Strategy. The budget eliminates funding for the World Health Organization and the Pan-American Health Organization.
Contributions to international organizations are reduced by $2.7 billion, with only $292 million retained for security-related entities. The budget eliminates U.S. contributions to the United Nations (UN) Regular Budget and UN Peacekeeping operations beyond a targeted security footprint.
The National Endowment for Democracy is fully eliminated, saving $315 million.
Department of War
The budget requests $1.5 trillion in total budgetary resources for the Department of War (DOW), a $441 billion, or 44 percent, increase over the FY2026 enacted level. The total comprises $1.1 trillion in base discretionary budget authority and an additional $350 billion in proposed mandatory funding.
Golden Dome Missile Defense
The budget provides funding for President Trump’s Golden Dome for America missile defense system, first outlined in a January 2025 executive order. The program, which aims to provide layered homeland defense against hypersonic missiles and advanced aerial threats, received $25 billion in the WFTC reconciliation bill. The FY2027 budget states it “fully funds the project” without specifying a dollar amount for the year. The program’s total estimated cost has grown from $175 billion to $185 billion, with completion now projected for 2035, which is seven years later than initially projected. Investments include space-based sensors and interceptors, kinetic and non-kinetic defeat capabilities, and next-generation interceptor technologies.
Border Operations
The budget maintains what it describes as a Homeland Security Border Initiative, enabling DOW to continue operational support for National Defense Areas along the southern border, including transportation assets, sensors, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
Military Modernization
The request prioritizes several major programs with national security implications:
- Shipbuilding: $65.8 billion to procure 18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships, including initial funding for what the budget designates as the Trump-class battleship, next-generation frigates, Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines, and a range of auxiliary logistics vessels.
- F-47 Sixth-Generation Fighter: Continued funding for rapid development, with a first flight targeted for 2028.
- Unmanned and Counter-Unmanned Systems: Described as “unprecedented investments” in drone capabilities for combat units and protection against adversary drone threats.
- Artificial Intelligence: Investments in AI capabilities, infrastructure, and the GenAI.mil platform across the Armed Forces.
- Nuclear Enterprise: Increased funding for warhead modernization, nuclear command, control, and communications recapitalization, and NNSA infrastructure.
- Critical Munitions: Priority procurement of 12 critical munition types to expand defense industrial base capacity.
- Critical Minerals: Significant expansion of DOW investments in domestic critical mineral supply chains to address National Defense Stockpile shortfalls.
Military pay raises are proposed at 7 percent for personnel ranked E-5 and below, 6 percent for E-6 through O-3, and 5 percent for O-4 and above. No civilian pay raise is mentioned in budget documents.
Looking Ahead
The FY2027 budget request is a proposal, not law. Congress must pass appropriations legislation to enact the funding levels and program changes outlined in the request. Several of the most significant homeland security priorities – including border wall construction, mass deportation operations, and Coast Guard modernization – are already funded through multi-year mandatory authority provided in the WFTC, meaning those programs are largely insulated from the annual appropriations process.
The budget was submitted to Congress on April 4, 2026. Appropriations committees in both chambers are expected to begin hearings in the coming weeks. The full budget appendix, including detailed agency-by-agency justifications, is available through the Office of Management and Budget at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/budget/.