President Biden Proposes Flat Budget for Immigration Agencies, Redirected Funding

Official White House Picture of President Joe Biden

President Biden has made a budget proposal, including allocations for the U.S. government’s immigration activities.  

Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti of the Washington Post report that “President Biden’s immigration policy changes took shape . . . in a budget request that would eliminate border-wall funding, boost spending on care for unaccompanied migrant children to $3.3 billion and overhaul the way asylum seekers are handled at the Mexican border by dramatically increasing staffing to process their claims. . . . Lawmakers from both parties have expressed concern that Biden’s $52 billion request for the Department of Homeland Security leaves overall funding flat, despite a migration influx this spring that has sent border crossings to their highest levels in 20 years.”

Expect discussion and debate about the President’s budget to continue.  

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Randy Capps from the U.S. research at the Migration Policy Institute about the Biden administration’s approach to funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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