The reason the problem exists is because the laws regarding immigration and asylum are inadequate.
Congress passed a very good bipartisan immigration law and TRUMP told his slavish MAGA nitwits to refuse to even put it to a vote.
He wanted to campaign on this issue, which is exactly what he is doing.
If there is a problem now, TRUMP is the one to blame! Trump does not care one whit about our country, its government or its people. Trump cares only about his personal status.
If you cannot see that, then you are a gullible, aggressively ignorant imbecile
Look at the date of the damn bill! Don’t you get it! Read the bill! Look at the actions Biden did in 2021! They waited for the bill until 2023! Trump has nothing to do with it! If you cannot see that you are royally ignorant! I don’t care what Trump said in 2023! Biden and Harris are fully responsible for those people that have crossed and crimes that would have never been committed! You are naive! Read if you remember how!
President Joe Biden has signed a flurry of executive actions in his first 100 days in office, primarily aimed at rapidly addressing the coronavirus pandemic and dismantling many of former President Donald Trump's policies. See them all here.
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An election year??? How ironic! And bill was not just a border bill! Crooked people will not survive! It catches up in more ways than one! Trump 2024
HOMELAND SECURITY, 2024
$61.84 billion in total base discretionary funding
The Homeland Security Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides $61.84
billion in base discretionary spending. The bill also includes $20.3 billion in Disaster Relief
funding. The bill provides funding to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement,
combat fentanyl, invest in Coast Guard resources, and protect our nation’s cyber and
transportation security.
● Funds 41,500 ICE detention beds, an increase above the 34,000 beds funded in FY2023
and the 25,000 beds proposed in the President’s budget request.
● Secures an additional $300 million above FY2023 levels for the transportation and
removal program to remove noncitizens with final orders of removal.
● Provides funding for more than 2,000 additional Border Patrol agents (bringing the total
funded level to 22,000) and 150 new Port of Entry officers.
● Decreases funding for Shelter and Services Program by 19 percent from FY2023 levels.
● Fully funds Border Patrol overtime policies adopted in FY2024 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA).
BILL HIGHLIGHTS
Customs and Border Protection (CBP): $19.6 billion in CBP funding to strengthen border
security between and at ports of entry, an increase of more than $3 billion above the President’s
request. The bill includes $8.3 billion for U.S. Border Patrol operations, an increase of $2 billion
above the budget request. The bill also provides $850 million in procurement and construction
funding, including $229 million in border security technology and $374 million for non-intrusive
inspection equipment at ports of entry to combat fentanyl and other illicit smuggling.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): $9.6 billion for ICE, an increase of $1.2
billion above the President’s request. This total includes $5.1 billion for enforcement and
removal operations and $2.5 billion for Homeland Security Investigations, which aim to combat
transnational criminal organizations and crimes including fentanyl distribution and child and
human trafficking.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA): $10.6 billion to protect the nation’s air, rail,
and transit systems, and to increase TSA personnel pay to match other federal employees. The
bill also rejects the President’s request to eliminate TSA staffing of airport exit lanes.
U.S. Coast Guard: $12.9 billion to support the Coast Guard’s domestic and overseas missions.
The bill fully funds the pay raise for Coast Guard military employees and supports Coast Guard
investments, including acquisition of the Commercially Available Icebreaker and funding for
another Offshore Patrol Cutter and two additional Fast Response Cutters.
U.S. Secret Service: $3.1 billion for Secret Service, an increase of $265 million above the
FY2023 enacted level. This includes $244 million in funding for candidate and convention
Courtesy of Senate Appropriations Committee - Republicans
protection in the 2024 Presidential campaign and for other national special security events in
FY2024.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): $2.9 billion for CISA to continue
efforts to defend the cyber and physical security on which Americans rely.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): $25.5 billion for FEMA, including $20.3
billion for the Disaster Relief Fund to respond to Presidentially-declared emergencies. The bill
also provides $3.2 billion in grants to states and local communities, including for firefighters and
non-profit security.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): $281 million for USCIS, including $111
million to fund the E-Verify program.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC): $377 million for FLETC to train law
enforcement officers across the federal government, as well as provide support to state and local
entities.
Science and Technology Directorate: $741 million to conduct research and development
solutions for Homeland Security Missions
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