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DHS concerned it may need $2B to deal with migrant surge at border, documents show
NBC ^ | 5/20/2022 | ulia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff

Posted on 05/20/2022 1:12:48 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

The public health order known as Title 42 is set to expire Monday, which is expected to add yet more migrants to what is already a record number.

Senior Department of Homeland Security officials are concerned they will not have enough funding and resources to cover the recording-breaking number of migrants at the southern border, especially as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepares to lift Title 42 on Monday, according to internal planning documents reviewed by NBC News.

The additional funding is needed to increase space to hold migrants for processing, expand a program known as “alternatives to detention,” where migrants either wear an ankle monitor or check in by phone with an officer while they wait for their court hearing, and increase transportation of migrants, the documents say.

ICE has predicted it will need to increase the number of deportation flights as well as flights and buses from the border to cities in the interior of the U.S., where migrants will go to have their cases for asylum heard by judges, according to the planning memo.

A DHS spokeswoman said the agency is not currently seeking more funding for the border at this stage.

“DHS is working closely with the White House and other departments in federal government on efforts that are critical to successful management of the border,” said the spokeswoman. “Should additional resources be necessary, DHS will work with the White House to engage Congress on any potential need for supplemental appropriations.”

The three DHS officials who spoke to NBC News said White House officials are aware of the need for more money and resources. The White House officials have not formally asked Congress for a supplemental spending bill.

In a statement, the White House Office of Management and Budget said, “We are working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure it has the resources it needs to successfully manage the border, including by maximizing the additional $1.4 billion we secured for DHS through the fiscal year 2022 government funding bill, reprogramming existing funds, or, should it become necessary, requesting supplemental funds from Congress.”

For now, DHS is using a $1.4 billion appropriation from Congress to handle a record level of border encounters, and planning to reprogram funding from other parts of the agency to handle what is expected to be an even higher number after the expiration of Title 42, the public health order issued to prevent the spread of Covid that has blocked more than 1.8 million migrants from entering the U.S. from Mexico since March 2020.

But according to the internal planning documents, both Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement will only be partially covered by reprogramming, and officials are pushing the administration to ask Congress for a supplemental spending bill.

“If the Department does not receive a supplemental, we legally cannot reprogram/ transfer enough funding to cover all the requirements,” one of the planning memos said.

That memo cites funding allocated for the Biden administration’s family reunification task force, designed to find and reunite migrant parents and children separated by the Trump administration, as a “must” that cannot be sacrificed in order to secure the border.

Without tapping into key programs, DHS agencies that handle migration would need roughly $1.2 billion in additional funds to cover the cost estimated if border crossings reach 10,000 per day, the document says. The extra costs would be higher if more migrants cross: $1.6 billion for 14,000 crossings a day and $2 billion for 18,000 per day. Currently roughly 7,400 migrants are encountered at the border per day, the highest number since records began being kept in 2000.

Three DHS officials told NBC News that the need for more funding has been voiced in recent meetings with White House officials, including one late last week and one early this week.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; dhs; ulia
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1 posted on 05/20/2022 1:12:48 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Spend the 40 billion which the uniparty wants to send to the Ukraine.


2 posted on 05/20/2022 1:15:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Right Wing Vegan

To finance the DemocRATS’ new WELCOME WAGONS!


3 posted on 05/20/2022 1:15:54 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX!)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Make the Biden government pay it out of their own pockets!


4 posted on 05/20/2022 1:16:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

OK — I just let the world into the country. Pay me.


5 posted on 05/20/2022 1:16:36 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

All in favor of supporting the Border Patrol, but what are they going to be able to do under this administration with more money that is going to stem the flow? Throwing money where no laws are applied is more stupidity.


6 posted on 05/20/2022 1:17:12 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

How many landmines does 2 billion buy?


7 posted on 05/20/2022 1:17:20 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Trump said the wall and enforced security would save us money. He’s right. We are sticking a finger in the burst dike and will have to spend $2 billion every year forever with the lax security and no wall we have on the border.


8 posted on 05/20/2022 1:18:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Why do they need money at a free for all unless some of the illegals are wearing MAGA hats?


9 posted on 05/20/2022 1:18:52 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Take the money from Ukraine stash.


10 posted on 05/20/2022 1:20:06 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

For more free stuff for the “migrants”?


11 posted on 05/20/2022 1:21:54 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I’m concerned I may need the $2B for my next fill-up.


12 posted on 05/20/2022 1:22:21 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

No Problem, Assess the Incomes of FEDERAL EMPLOYEE’S to cover the costs


13 posted on 05/20/2022 1:22:34 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Charge each migrant a processing fee of $30K. All problems solved.


14 posted on 05/20/2022 1:23:29 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Finish the wall. It’s cheaper upfront and in the long run


15 posted on 05/20/2022 1:23:52 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t spend any of it. Enforce the law, finish the wall and send them all home.


16 posted on 05/20/2022 1:24:50 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Right Wing Vegan

2 billion dollars would buy a lot of land mines.


17 posted on 05/20/2022 1:25:26 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Would that be 2 billion to hand to the trespassers coming in?


18 posted on 05/20/2022 1:25:28 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: BenLurkin
DHS is using a $1.4 billion appropriation from Congress to handle a record

level of border encounters...(18,000 illegal alien invasion daily from all countries)

Another $ 40 Billion to Ukraine.

Pelosi...."We're here to collect our cut"


19 posted on 05/20/2022 1:25:40 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

That’s a lot of bullets.


20 posted on 05/20/2022 1:28:14 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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