Combined federal budgetary funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection totals approximately $70 billion

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Nine Republican state legislators in Kansas signed a joint letter to President Donald Trump protesting federal immigration enforcement actions targeting agricultural and meatpacking workers

In a November 2026 post-election survey of 79,000 voters reported by Tim Alberta, 73% of respondents identified immigration enforcement as a crucial or major factor in their vote

The Dignity Act includes provisions for border security, revised asylum standards, and legal status without citizenship for undocumented immigrants who pay fines and back taxes

In an NBC News exit poll, 73% of voters cited immigration enforcement policies as a crucial or major factor in their vote

Hispanic voters swung toward Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterm elections in reaction to aggressive federal immigration enforcement tactics

Donald Trump halted large-scale ICE operations in Democratic-led states after armed agents shot two unarmed protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Maine voters cited an immigration enforcement program that caused an immigrant's death and Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill during the 2026 Senate race

In June 2026, Congress passed the Secure America Act, providing 70 billion dollars in additional funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol

South Texas Builders Association leaders contacted Republican Representative Monica De La Cruz and Democratic Representatives Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar regarding immigration enforcement on worksites

During the peak of the border surge under the Biden administration, an estimated 10,000 migrants crossed the southern United States border daily

In early 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids began targeting construction job sites in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

The South Texas Builders Association convened a community meeting in November 2025 to address the economic fallout of workplace immigration raids on local contractors

During a meeting in Washington, D.C., an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told the South Texas Builders Association board that un-enclosed construction sites are not considered private property

Two Border Patrol agents stationed in the Rio Grande Valley died by suicide within one week during the southern border migration surge under the Biden administration

In July 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 200 individuals in the Rio Grande Valley in a single day

In July 2026, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed framer Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas

Construction contractors in the Rio Grande Valley installed security fences, locked gates, and solar-powered cameras around job sites to protect crews from immigration raids

Due to heightened workplace enforcement, construction workers and contractors in the Rio Grande Valley began carrying official identification, including passports and driver's licenses

United States federal immigration authorities made more than 22,000 arrests in San Antonio during Donald Trump's presidential administration

Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state agencies to bus arriving migrants to New York City