# 119-s-1790: State Border Security Assistance Act

119-s-1790, State Border Security Assistance Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1790
- Congress: 119
- Title: State Border Security Assistance Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-15
- Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates two new federal grant funds to give States and local governments targeted money for southern border security and for prosecuting and detaining unlawfully present aliens.** The bill would let governors, state agencies, units of local government, and National Guard units seek grants for construction, surveillance, arrests, prosecutions, detention, and related support activities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for criminal alien prosecutions: benefit, high. This bill would create a DOJ fund to give grants to States, State agencies, National Guard units, and local governments. It would provide $3.5 billion in fiscal year 2025 for locating and arresting unlawfully present people, gathering gang intelligence, investigating and prosecuting crimes, and rel…
- Grants for southern border security: benefit, high. This bill would create a DHS fund to give grants to States, State agencies, National Guard units, and local governments. It would provide $11 billion in fiscal year 2025 for border work. Grants could pay for border walls, fences, other barriers or buoys, ground preparation, and surveillance to dete…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-117: AMERICANS Act
- 119-s-706: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1790 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1790)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-117: AMERICANS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-117)
- [119-s-706: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-706)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1790 (as of 2025-12-21).