5. Department of Homeland Security · Major · Needs Congress
Consolidate ICE and CBP into a Border Security and Immigration Agency
Not started
Printed page 138 5. Department of Homeland Security
“If all immigration agencies are not merged, including USCIS and ORR, then an appropriate third alternative would be to consolidate ICE and CBP to form a combined Border Security and Immigration Agency (BSIA).”
What has happened
- Not started
Nothing proposes merging ICE and CBP. Public Law 119-21 appropriated to the two agencies separately (§§90001–90002 to CBP, §100052 to ICE).
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Negative search, 2026-08-26: Federal Register full-text “Border Security and Immigration Agency” since 2025-01-20 (0 documents); titles of bills in Congress, from congress.gov, for ICE/CBP with consolidate/merge/reorganize (none); presidential documents (none). Same searches as #271.
- Action
- create
- Object
- Border Security and Immigration Agency (BSIA)
- ID
- 295