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President Biden seeks funding to probe white supremacist beliefs at immigration agencies

By immigrationprof

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Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg for Reuters report that President Joe Biden has requested funding to investigate complaints of white supremacist beliefs at U.S. immigration enforcement agencies in his first budget request to Congress submitted yesterday.  Officials offered no explanation for what prompted his request.

The Biden administration is asking Congress to increase the funding level for workforce oversight offices within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to $470 million, a 22% increase over the current level. The additional funding would ensure that workforce complaints – “including those related to white supremacy or ideological and non-ideological beliefs” – are investigated quickly, according to a summary of Biden’s budget proposal.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Representatives at the border patrol and ICE unions did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

KJ