President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security plans to his Massive Deportation Agenda Over the next four years, funds from the Southern U.S. border wall to detention centers to thousands of other law enforcement officers funded all the funds.
The government’s major immigration law enforcement budget for immigration and customs enforcement is approximately US$10 billion. If the Republican president’s big bill passes through Congress, then a large amount of cash injection can be reshaped The immigration system in the United States By expanding law enforcement and detention networks while increasing costs to legally immigrate to the United States
Senate Its own version is being debated, and the bill is largely in line with the House approach. Republicans have focused on Sometimes violent protests Oppose Trump’s immigration crackdown, demanding a quick passage of democratic opposition.
That’s what happened in early June, when protests sparked unrest in parts of Los Angeles.
“The reason for lawlessness that happens in Los Angeles is another reason why we need to pass a large bill right away.” House Speaker Mike Johnson Written x. “It provides the necessary funds to secure the borders of our nation.”
However, sufficient legislation is not yet clear.
“One thing about this bill, these parts are super vague,” said Adam Isacson, a researcher at Wola, a Washington-based human rights advocacy group, which includes billions of dollars of spending are sometimes explained in just a few blurry lines. “There is no actual specificity in the bill on how to spend it.”
Here are some of the key immigration parts of the 1,000-page bill approved by the House, and what it means to the U.S. government’s posture towards immigration:
Project: Wall
What the bill says: The bill allocates $46.5 billion to what the House Homeland Security Committee calls the “integrated border barrier system”, including fencingwater barriers, law enforcement roads and motion sensors and other technologies. The funding will complete 701 miles (1,128 kilometers) of primary walls and 900 miles (1,448 kilometers) of river barriers, the commission said. This is the biggest spending of the bill.
“Any lawmaker who claims to be concerned about border security needs to put money in their mouths and work to improve these recommendations,” the committee chairman Republican chairman said. Rep. Mark Green Tennessee.
Impact: Building a wall has been one of Trump’s signature commitments, but its impact does not exceed political symbols yet is unclear. Illegal crossings have dropped since Trump took office in January A series of orders about immigrationincluding suspension of shelter system. Simply ending the shelter means that thousands of people will surrender to law enforcement rather than trying to avoid being captured or even trying to cross.
In addition, the effectiveness of the border wall is controversial. Even in densely populated areas Obstacles tend to be greatly strengthened. Human smugglers who are often associated with drug cartels have used the tunnel, ladder and power tools across the wall.
However, experts noted that although illegal crossings have now declined, they may change rapidly.
Project: Detention centers and staff
What the bill says is: which bill, which top White House aide and Immigration Hawk Stephen Miller It is said that “the most important legislation currently being considered in the Western world that is being considered throughout the Western world” has set aside $45 billion to expand the network of immigration detention facilities for adult immigrants and families.
The bill states that standards for adult facilities will be at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
More than $12 billion in 18,000 new ice and border patrol personnel were also requested.
Impact: ICE says it hopes to increase its current detention capacity from about 41,000 to 100,000. This is part of what ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons believes Amazonattempt to deliver the product within 24 hours. ”
Ice currently has About 6,000 deportation officialsthis number has been stagnant for years.
While the expanding staff and detention centers will make it easier for the administration to increase deportation, even for tens of billions of dollars, billing requirements may not be enough to achieve Trump’s goals. Miller says ice should be made 3,000 people per day Illegal person. In the first five months of Trump’s second term, the increase in about 650 people was arrested increased significantly.
But the plan is The Gospel of the American Private Prison Industrythe share prices of two major companies, Geo Group Inc. and CorecivicIt has risen more than 50% since Trump was elected.
Project: Immigration Court
What the bill says: The legislation allocates $1.25 billion to the immigration court system to hire more immigration judges and support staff and expand court capacity. The court’s annual budget is currently about $850 million.
Impact: The immigration court system with about 700 judges has been struggling for many years and has over 3.6 million cases backlog. It usually takes more than five years for a judge to make a decision.
It is A chaotic systemdue to excessive judges, there are often no lawyers for translation and immigration shortages.
Chaos have grown in recent weeks, immigration courts see The surge in arrests External courts are outside as agents await the detention of immigrants attending the routine hearing. Arrests Spread the Fed and Fearespecially among asylum seekers, they are used to keeping free in the case in the system.
Greg Chen, director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the proposed funding would be “a substantial increase, and from an institutional perspective, it desperately requires money.”
But he also believes that the increase in the number of arrests in court reflects a government that is looking for ways to bypass immigration courts.
Project: Immigration Fees
What does the bill say: The bill has been overhauled Immigration feeswith a sharp increase in free services and new fees.
The long-time free asylum application will now cost $1,000, while asylum seekers pay another $550 for employment applications. Among other fees, appeals to immigration judges’ rulings rose from $110 to $900 and applied for temporary protected status, which allowed people from certain countries or some countries with natural disasters to stay in the United States for a temporary $50 to $500.
Impact: For wealthy immigrants, new fees will cause inconvenience. But for the vast majority, even a few hundred dollars is enough to make them change their plans.
