Analysis of the Supplemental Budget Request

On July 8, the White House submitted its emergency budget request to the House of Representatives.

The budget request, which totals $3.7 billion, immediately drew flack from many representatives who called it a blank check.

Of the $3.7 billion being requested, fully $1.8 billion (about 49 percent of the total) is for resettlement costs

Much of the so-called "enforcement" portion of the budget is not truly geared toward removal; rather, it is a recouping of costs for temporary detention and subsequent transporting of aliens (including adults) to facilitate their resettlement and relocation by HHS.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) would be given $15 million to hire attorneys to defend the UACs against deportation in removal proceedings before an immigration judge. In essence, Congress is being asked to approve the executive branch's violation of the law. Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act specifically prohibits representation of aliens in immigration proceedings at government expense.

A meager $109 million is being requested to facilitate anti-smuggling investigative efforts

The apprehension rate (most turning themselves in because Border Patrol will feed and transport them for free) is about 1,000 per day. The correct response is to put all 1,000 in front of a judge within 24 hours of apprehension - no lawyer unless one is provided and paid for by a non-government source - and ship them home that day. The same goes for illegal alien criminals (and they are all criminals since they entered illegally or overstayed illegally) found in our country. Supplemental appropriations should cover only a day’s food and lodging for the criminals, transportation home, and enough overtime for the judges that they are more than willing to hear each case for the brief period before the criminals decide it’s not worth their effort.

All illegals, whether apprehended at the border as they enter or found living and working inside the country, should be fingerprinted, photographed, and DNA swabbed, and barred from any path to legal reentry or citizenship ever. If we followed our existing laws, there would be a whole lot fewer people going through the time, effort, expense, and risk to come here illegally. As for the employers of these criminals, if they are paying under the table or below minimum wage or otherwise clearly know they are hiring criminals, they should be prosecuted and fined enough to discourage their participation in this crime.

The fact is that the President already over spends the budget. He spends more than the federal government takes in for taxes. This would only increase the overspending.
I have seen Federal Law Enforcement personnel at the VA, the Social Security office and National Parks. The President should send them down to the border.
It is the President’s responsibility as the Chief Executive of The United States to coordinate ALL the resources of the federal government to stop this invasion.
If he is so incompetent that he cannot coordinate the efforts of the federal government, then he should be replaced. Palin is right.

The major categories of funding- in Agency order - are highlighted below:

Department of Agriculture Wildfire Management

$615 million for wildfire suppression.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families

$1.8 billion for additional capacity to care for unaccompanied children including through more stable, cost-effective arrangements, while maintaining services for refugees; and the necessary medical response to the arrival ofthese children. With these funds, HHS will have the resources to be able to care for the children currently projected to come into the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

$879 million for the detention, prosecution, and removal of apprehended undocumented families;
$116 million for transportation costs associated with the surge in apprehensions of unaccompanied children; and
$109 million for expanded domestic and international immigration and customs investigatory and other enforcement efforts.

DHS Customs and Border Protection

$364 million for operational costs associated with responding to the surge in the apprehensions of unaccompanied children and families;
$29 million for expansion of the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program; and
$39 million to increase air surveillance capabilities to improve detection and interdiction of illegal activity in the Rio Grande Valley region.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Administrative Review and Appeals

$45.4 million for additional immigration judge teams to increase case processing;
$2.5 million for expansion of the legal orientation program; and
$15.0 million for direct legal representation services to children in immigration proceedings.

DOJ General Legal Activities

$1.1 million for additional immigration litigation attorneys to support Federal agencies involved in detainee admission, regulation, and removal action.

Department of State (State) and Other International Programs (OIP) Diplomatic and Consular Programs

$5 million for public diplomacy and international information programs and support related to Central American migration issues.

State and OIP Economic Support Fund

$295 million for the repatriation and reintegration of migrants to countries in Central America and to address the root causes ofmigration from these countries.

General Provisions

Proposes to limit the authority of agencies appropriated funds under DHS to reprogram appropriations within an account and to transfer up to 30 percent between appropriations accounts with notification;
Proposes authority to transfer up to $250 million between appropriations made available in this Act for the humanitarian situation at the border; and
Proposes adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for wildfire suppression operations.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/budget_amendments/emergency-supplemental-request-to-congress-07082014.pdf

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