House Republicans’ new homeland security spending bill would pump billions of dollars into border security by restarting construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall, adding thousands of Border Patrol agents and boosting the number of beds for migrants awaiting deportation.
BidenCustoms and Border Protection would get a $3.2 billion raise in 2024, with money to increase the Border Patrol from roughly 19,500 agents up to 22,000 and $2.1 billion to restart wall construction.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would be ordered to start wall construction within 120 days, which would end his practice of trying to halt construction through delays. The bill also would fund an average of 41,000 detention beds at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That’s 7,000 more than the current level and 16,000 more than Mr.administration’s catch-and-release practice by requiring Mr. Mayorkas to certify that every migrant released on “alternatives to detention” is not subject to detention or affirm that there isn’t enough detention space to hold them.
And in a swipe at one of Mr. Mayorkas’ issues, the legislation specifically would bar the Department of Homeland Security from labeling any American’s words as “disinformation.”
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