Record Investment from the Trump Administration to Dismantle Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Cartels, and Stop Drug Trafficking in Our Communities.

Today, the Trump Administration announced a historic $277 million for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program. This is the largest investment in the HIDTA Program’s history, which is designed to dismantle drug trafficking organizations and seize deadly drugs like illicit fentanyl.

The HIDTA Program, operated by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, provides assistance to federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug trafficking regions. The HIDTA Program provides support to the Homeland Security Task Forces in disrupting and dismantling drug trafficking organizations, delivering on President Trump’s promise to keep dangerous drugs out of our communities and protect American families.

“President Trump’s bold action against the drug cartels is saving American lives. This funding will strengthen the HIDTA Program’s relentless crusade against illicit drugs,” said Drug Czar Sara Carter. “We are already seeing the incredible effects of counterdrug efforts as drug overdose and poisoning deaths continue to decrease across the United States. This Administration will keep fighting until no more American lives are destroyed by illicit drug poison.”

Last year, the 33 regional HIDTAs combined to:

• Seize 4.1 million pounds of fentanyl and other drugs
• Recover $576.3 million in cash from drug traffickers
• Deny traffickers $21.6 billion in illicit profits, and
• Helped apprehend 42,000 fugitives, making American streets safer.

For every dollar invested in the HIDTA Program, the American people get $82.78 in benefits, making HIDTA an effective and efficient use of taxpayers’ money, and an important tool in the nation’s effort to stop drug traffickers and save American lives. The HIDTA Program is present in more than 600 counties across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Nearly two-thirds of all Americans live in a HIDTA-designated county. Today’s new funding will support the 33 regional HIDTAs as they take critical steps to confront the drug crisis:

HIDTA	FY 2026 Base Allocation
Alaska HIDTA	$2,587,000
Appalachia HIDTA	$10,146,950
Arizona HIDTA	$13,497,756
Atlanta/Carolinas HIDTA	$8,145,753
Central Florida HIDTA	$3,849,500
Central Valley California HIDTA	$4,734,000
Chicago HIDTA	$6,914,093
Gulf Coast HIDTA	$9,200,612
Hawaii HIDTA	$3,677,998
Houston HIDTA	$11,526,802
Indiana HIDTA	$4,809,249
Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA	$6,368,351
Los Angeles HIDTA	$16,187,469
Michigan HIDTA	$3,980,117
Midwest HIDTA	$15,914,383
Nevada HIDTA	$3,453,000
New England HIDTA	$4,735,042
New Mexico HIDTA	$9,502,108
New York/New Jersey HIDTA	$15,423,378
North Central HIDTA	$8,011,996
North Florida HIDTA	$3,845,500
Northern California HIDTA	$3,657,500
Northwest HIDTA	$5,031,349
Ohio HIDTA	$5,871,418
Oregon/Idaho HIDTA	$4,229,000
Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA	$10,577,433
Rocky Mountain HIDTA	$10,931,379
San Diego/Imperial Valley HIDTA	$11,899,873
South Florida HIDTA	$14,418,286
South Texas HIDTA	$10,129,143
Texoma HIDTA	$4,449,500
Washington/Baltimore HIDTA	$16,487,073
West Texas HIDTA	$9,211,634
National HIDTA Assistance Center	$4,086,770
TOTAL	$277,491,415

This strategic investment in the HIDTA Program complements President Trump’s decisive action to fight Foreign Terrorist Organizations, cartels, and drug traffickers that harm Americans.

This investment also builds on the Trump Administration’s newly released National Drug Control Strategy, a comprehensive and coordinated blueprint to dismantle the drug supply, defeat the scourge of illicit drugs in our country, and save American lives.