President Biden’s new budget calls for the hiring of 350 more Border Patrol agents, on top of the 350 that were in his last budget and that were approved by Congress in December.
The president also proposed $40 million in funding that he said could be used to stop fentanyl trafficking across the border.
And he asked for nearly $1 billion in new cash for the legal immigration agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, continuing to erode the tradition of having that agency fund itself through fees paid by immigrants and businesses who seek to employ them.said the new money will be used to reduce backlogs and pay for immigrants such as refugees, who aren’t required to pay anything.also called for a nearly $5 billion “contingency” fund to accommodate ups and downs at the border.
Experts say detention is a key to cutting into the illegal flow of people at the southern border, but the Biden administration has proposed major cuts every year. Those cuts have not been adopted by
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