Over the past decade, average annual funding for immigration enforcement has been over 10 times as much as labor standards enforcement funding: U.S. government funds appropriated for immigration and labor standards enforcement, 2012–2021
| Immigration enforcement | Labor standards enforcement | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $21.4 | $2.4 |
| 2013 | $20.2 | $2.2 |
| 2014 | $21.1 | $2.3 |
| 2015 | $21.7 | $2.3 |
| 2016 | $22.0 | $2.3 |
| 2017 | $23.4 | $2.2 |
| 2018 | $25.6 | $2.2 |
| 2019 | $26.9 | $2.1 |
| 2020 | $26.3 | $2.2 |
| 2021 | $25.0 | $2.1 |
Notes: Values are adjusted to constant 2021 dollars and reflect totals for the U.S. government’s fiscal year (October 1 to September 30).
Notes: Values are adjusted to constant 2021 dollars and reflect totals for the U.S. government’s fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). The immigration enforcement total for 2012 includes appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program. Immigration enforcement totals for 2013 to 2018 include appropriations for CBP and ICE. Immigration enforcement totals for 2019 to 2021 include appropriations for CBP, ICE, and the Office of Biometric Identity Management. Totals for labor standards enforcement include appropriations for all subagencies, administrations, and offices of the U.S. Department of Labor considered for “worker protection” in budget documents, including the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Wage and Hour Division, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Office of the Solicitor, in addition to two other agencies not within the Department of Labor: the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Fiscal Year 2023—Department of Labor, Budget in Brief and Archived Budgets, fiscal years 2012–2022; National Mediation Board, Congressional Justifications, fiscal years 2014–2023; National Labor Relations Board, Performance Budget Justification, fiscal years 2012–2023; and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS Budget, Congressional Budget Justification for Fiscal Years 2012–2023.