Collin County commissioners are scheduled Monday to decide whether the county can apply for up to $500,000 from a new U.S. Department of Justice grant program built around immigration enforcement.
The request sits on the consent agenda for the Commissioners Court's 1:30 p.m. meeting at the Jack Hatchell Administration Building, 2300 Bloomdale Road in McKinney.
The county's Budget and Finance office submitted the item. Its memo seeks permission to apply for the department's fiscal 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws program, known as ANGEL, for $500,000, with no county match required and a grant period running Dec. 1, 2026, through Nov. 30, 2029.
The memo does not say which county office would use the money or what it would pay for. The packet lists an application form, a federal SF-424 form, a lobbying disclosure, the solicitation and a certification appendix.
What the federal program covers
The Justice Department announced the $25 million competitive program in late September. Its Bureau of Justice Assistance expects to make about 50 awards of up to $500,000 each, lasting 36 to 60 months and starting Dec. 1, according to the department and the funding notice as reported by Valley News Live.
The notice lets the money go toward finding and arresting people who are in the U.S. without legal status and have committed crimes, investigating and prosecuting such cases, drug and human trafficking investigations, court operations connected to those prosecutions, short-term detention, and transport and logistical support for police.
To qualify, an applicant needs a Section 287(g) agreement with federal immigration authorities, or a pledge to sign one, and must participate in Homeland Security Task Force work or another large Justice Department enforcement effort. Its chief executive must also certify that the government follows federal law on sharing information about a person's citizenship or immigration status. The county memo does not address those conditions.
