illegal immigrants.
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_1018_fema_shelter_and_services_program_fy23.pdf
In FY 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered 2,766,582 noncitizen
migrants seeking entry into the United States, an approximately 41 percent increase compared to
FY 2021 encounters. As of May 1, 2023, nationwide encounters exceeded one million for the
calendar year to date. Monthly encounters between U.S. Border Patrol agents and noncitizens
attempting to cross into the United States at the southwest land border (California, Arizona, New
Mexico, and Texas) were at historically high levels.1
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In response to the flows of migrants at the Southwest Border, on December 29, 2022, Congress
enacted a full-year appropriation for DHS and FEMA. The Act directed CBP to transfer to
FEMA $800 million from its FY 2023 Operations and Support appropriation, “to support
sheltering and related activities provided by non-Federal entities, including facility
improvements and construction, in support of relieving overcrowding in short-term holding
facilities of CBP.”
SSP Goals
The priority of SSP is the safe, orderly, and humane release of noncitizens from DHS custody,
and the objectives are:
• To provide funding to non-federal entities that serve noncitizens recently released from
DHS custody to temporarily provide shelter, food, transportation, acute medical care,
personal hygiene supplies, and labor necessary to manage cases to provide these services;
and,
• To provide funding to non-federal entities to increase their capacity to temporarily shelter
noncitizens recently released from DHS custody, including renovations and modifications
to existing facilities.