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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

How Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, on a Volume II appropriations basis.

Department Spending

In FY 2020-21,

$3.4B

was spent by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

In FY 2020-21,

0.5%

of federal spending was by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

How did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship spend its budget in 2020-21?

Spending by entity, FY 2020-21

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Immigration and Refugee Board

$3.16B

$244.8M

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship’s share of federal spending

Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025

Line items

Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.

VoteDescriptionTotal availableUsedLapsed
Vote 10Grants and contributions$1,985,585,606$1,699,198,193$286,387,413
Vote 1Operating expenditures$1,213,047,322$1,035,081,680$177,965,642
Statutory amountsStatutory amounts$1,274,686,015$410,004,080$864,681,935
Vote 1Program expenditures$269,979,388$219,871,701$50,107,687
Statutory amountsStatutory amounts$24,887,288$24,887,288$0
Vote 5Capital expenditures$38,915,148$14,993,379$23,921,769
Vote 20Debt write-off$311,847$287,807$24,040
Vote 15Debt forgiveness$6,912$6,911$1
8 line items · all figures in dollars

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.