How to Deport With a Defense Budget
House Considers Pentagon Funding Bill with Immigration Crackdowns and Visa Restrictions
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives began consideration this week of a sweeping defense appropriations bill that includes multiple immigration enforcement provisions, including bans on key humanitarian parole programs, restrictions on asylum processing, and expanded arrest authority for federal immigration officers.
The legislation—H.R. 4016, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026—was brought to the floor under a structured rule from the House Rules Committee and is sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.
Though the bill focuses on Pentagon funding, Republican lawmakers have inserted several immigration-related riders that extend well beyond traditional defense priorities.
Parole Program Funding Ban
Section 8127 of the bill prohibits any funds from being used to implement or continue the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV)—a key legal pathway u…