{"id":1916842,"date":"2023-04-19T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-falls-short-on-combatting-illegal-immigration-top-democrat\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:36:04","slug":"bidens-budget-falls-short-on-combatting-illegal-immigration-top-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-falls-short-on-combatting-illegal-immigration-top-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Budget \u2018Falls Short\u2019 on Combatting Illegal Immigration: Top Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-budget-falls-short-on-combatting-illegal-immigration-top-democrat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916842&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0420\/dc644432-9e78-4ecf-b21c-2af91f272e5e\/audio.mp3?length=2871405&#038;duration=239\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, expressed concern on April 18 that President Joe Biden\u2019s proposed budget \u201cfalls short\u201d of what\u2019s needed to combat illegal immigration along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar made comments expressing reservations about the budget during an April 18 hearing of the Appropriations Committee, where members heard from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Tae Johnson. In his capacity, Johnson is performing the duties of ICE director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I represent a lot of border area, [it\u2019s] important to me that people aren\u2019t crossing our land,\u201d Cuellar said at one point during his questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who represents a border area comprised of Catholic Hispanics, is one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, and has often supported policies taking a conservative approach to issues ranging from abortion to border security.<\/p>\n<p>Among other provisions, Biden\u2019s proposed budget would establish a two-year \u201cBorder Contingency Fund\u201d to help combat illegal immigration at the border. Until now, the administration has downplayed the severity of the situation at the border, refraining from characterizing it as a \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The contingency fund would grant around $1 billion in extra funding to ICE\u2014but only after a certain number of encounters with illegal aliens has been met.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar said he was \u201cconcerned\u201d with the administration\u2019s proposal for the Border Contingency Fund, which he said \u201crests on the premise that the government can literally contract and execute over $1 dollars to provide resources they need after\u2014<em>after<\/em>\u2014a predefined level of encounters have been realized at the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result of this, Cuellar said, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cis, under this new structure, the funding would not be available until well in the execution of the fiscal year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the policies are enacted, Cuellar noted, it would reduce ICE detention space by 9,000 beds at a time that the United States is experiencing an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, ICE has capacity for 34,000 beds per day\u2014a figure that\u00a0Chairman Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) said \u201cis already insufficient.\u201d Under Biden\u2019s proposed budget, that number could drop to 25,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the men and women of ICE, I wanna make sure we provide them the resources [for] the w<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, expressed concern on April 18 that President Joe Biden\u2019s proposed budget \u201cfalls short\u201d of what\u2019s needed to combat illegal immigration along the southern border. 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