Kevyn wrote:
Nothing but 22,000 new border agents and more than 40,000 spots in detention centers. At the you getting tired of making an ass of yourself by lying constantly?
Kevyn, simply adding border agents isn't going to solve the problem if those agents are simply used to process ayslum claims for all the illegals entering this country.
Democrats want illegals in this country because they are counted for census purposes and adds House seats. Adding spaces in detention centers is fine, but it would be better if
Biden reversed his "executive orders" for "remain in Mexico", and stopped his abuse of "immigration parole" and flying them into our country. Most of the money seems to be used to buy vehicles and equipment.
There’s plenty of money for enhanced border security in the $1.2 Trillion funding package. Just not the US border (see screen shot below. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/03/23/border-security-in-the-1-2-trillion-porkulus-spending-bill/Here are some highlights of the package:
Over $9.5 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Close to 5 thousand new police-type vehicles.
For the Department of Homeland Security 7,500 police-type vehicles, money for marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems.
Over $850 million for the procurement of marine vessels, aircrafts and unmanned aerial systems for US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In addition, over $55 million for CBP construction and improvements.
$650 million for FEMA to relieve overcrowding in short-term US Customs and Border Protection holding facilities. $2.5 million of that may go to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for maintenance and repair of roads on Native American reservations used by the U.S. Border Patrol.
The bills needed two-thirds support to pass. The final vote was: 286-134.
Republicans are touting an increase in the number of ICE detention beds and border agents.
House Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated the package in a statement early Thursday: "it significantly cuts funding to NGOs that incentivize illegal immigration and increases detention capacity and the number of Border Patrol agents to match levels in the House-passed appropriations bill and the Secure the Border Act." It's unclear which NGO's Johnson was referring to.