House Democrats Want to Slash Border Patrol Funding Amid Migrant Crisis -- What Could Go Wrong?
By Jeff Charles | Jun 30, 2021 2:30 PM ET
It’s almost like Democrats want the situation at the southern border to get worse. Amid a migrant crisis in which hundreds of thousands of immigrants have surged the border, House Democrats wish to slash Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) budget by almost one billion dollars.
“The committee’s newly released draft of their Homeland Security funding bill would provide $14.11 billion in net discretionary funding, down $927 million from fiscal year 2021,” according to Fox News.
According to a summary of the bill, the proposal “provides no funding for additional Border Patrol Agents or border barriers” and also “rescinds $2.06 billion from prior year appropriations for border barrier construction.”
The bill comes as CBP announced that its agents encountered 180,034 migrants trying to cross the border in May. The agency has been stretched thin from the influx of legal and illegal immigrants attempting to gain entry into the United States. The situation has become more dangerous as Mexican drug cartels have been empowered by the increase in migrant activity.
Fox News also reported:
The bill’s funding amount for CBP is $456 million below what the White House requested. The committee did note, however, a number of provisions that were above that request, such as funding for border technology, port of entry technology, and services for CBP personnel such as tuition assistance, childcare service, and on-site mental health clinicians. The bill also provides for “migrant processing improvements,” aimed at better protecting migrants who are in custody.
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