Trump's announced $64 billion DHS funding would touch Alaska Coast Guard, Arctic security, and fentanyl interdiction — but the underlying bill isn't in primary federal records

President Trump announced $64 billion in funding Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, which runs Coast Guard operations across Alaska, customs at Anchorage's airport, fentanyl interdiction, and FEMA disaster response in the state.

The bill he said he signed, which he called the Secure America Act, and the specific dollar amounts he cited do not yet appear in publicly available federal records.

"This morning, I'm thrilled to sign the Secure America Act to immediately and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of my term," Trump said. He said $38 billion would go to ICE and $26 billion to Border Patrol. Neither figure appears in public federal sources at the time of the ceremony.

The Alaska stakes are real regardless. The Coast Guard's 17th District is based in Juneau and covers an ocean area roughly the size of the continental United States. Customs and Border Protection works at Alaska's land border with Canada and inspects cargo at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport — one of the busiest cargo hubs in the world. The Bering Strait, where the United States and Russia sit 55 miles apart, also falls under the 17th District. ICE Homeland Security Investigations runs Alaska cases on child exploitation, human trafficking, and drugs. FEMA handles federal disaster response in Alaska — Typhoon Merbok, fire seasons, and Mendenhall Glacier floods all involved FEMA.

Trump tied the funding to immigration enforcement, saying Senate Democrats had blocked DHS money "for more than 100 days in a reprehensible attempt to throw open the borders of the United States of America." Senate Democrats have at times delayed DHS appropriations over disputes about ICE funding levels.

Trump also said that "in the last 12 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States. We cut the flow of fentanyl across our border by almost 60%." Neither claim has been confirmed against public federal data. The fentanyl claim matters in Alaska: the state Department of Health found fentanyl in roughly 73 percent of 2024 overdose deaths.

The package Trump described also covers domestic law enforcement and child exploitation cases. ICE's Child Exploitation Investigations Unit operates nationally, including in Alaska.