As Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations sub-committee, I'm proud that our budget funds President Biden's pivot away from Trump's senseless border polices.
1/ Here's how we did that:
1/ Here's how we did that:
2/ We secured a record amount of funding to reduce the immigration caseload backlog, so that amnesty cases can be heard more quickly and immigrants limbo status will be greatly shortened
3/ We funded the construction of modern, permanent processing facilities on the border, to replace the inhumane tents, in order to streamline the time people and families are in ICE custody.
4/ No new funding for wall construction, no funding for family detention, no funding for the disastrous Remain in Mexico policy, no additional funding for removal and deportation officers, no increase in ICE detention beds
5/ Key reforms to ICE and CBP, including body cameras for ICE officers and the hiring of dedicated child welfare personnel to help deal with potential surges of unaccompanied minors at the border
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