Immigration Control Is Highlighted in the President's Proposed FY 2020 Budget
March 13, 2019
Many readers know that, for whatever reason, federal fiscal years (FY) begin in October of each year. Thus, FY 2020 will begin on October 1, slightly less than seven months from now. With this in mind, on March 11, the administration announced that it would submit to Congress its proposed budget for FY 2020.
From an immigration perspective, this budget is remarkable, and quite possibly unprecedented, not simply because of the dollar figures or funding proposals, but because of the prominence border security and immigration issues generally play in the verbiage and justifications that accompany the raw figures. I don't recall its like. Here are a couple of examples from the presidential statement that accompanies the budget:
My Administration is confronting the national security and humanitarian crisis on our southern border, and we are accepting the moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens. This includes our obligation to the millions of immigrants living in the United States today who followed the rules and respected our laws.
https://cis.org/Cadman/Immigration-Control-Highlighted-Presidents-Proposed-FY-2020-Budget
