Established to receive federal grants awarded to the state under the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund (SBSRF) and the Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (BIDEN) Reimbursement Fund, both authorized by Public Law 119-21.

Grants received from the Secretary of Homeland Security under the SBSRF are for:

• construction of a border wall, border fencing or other barrier, or buoys along the southern U.S. border.;
• detection and interdiction of illicit substances and of aliens who have unlawfully entered the United States and have committed a crime.;
• relocation of aliens unlawfully present in the United States from small population centers to other domestic locations.

Grants received from the U.S. Attorney General under the BIDEN Reimbursement Fund are for:

• locating and apprehending aliens who have committed a crime;
• investigating and prosecuting drug trafficking and human trafficking crimes; and
• other related costs.