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We've finally got President Biden's first budget toplines! I'm going to do a brief thread on the various immigration portions included in this document, which is basically a preview of the full budget request coming in May.
Full document here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FY2022-Discretionary-Request.pdf
1/ https://twitter.com/camiloreports/status/1380537007991054336
Full document here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FY2022-Discretionary-Request.pdf
1/ https://twitter.com/camiloreports/status/1380537007991054336
Let's start with DHS. First, Biden's budget proposes an overall $52 billion DHS budget, which means no cuts to the overall budget.
One highlight? The budget calls for funding for a "humane and efficient immigration system." Very different from Trump's enforcement focus.
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One highlight? The budget calls for funding for a "humane and efficient immigration system." Very different from Trump's enforcement focus.
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Turning to the border, the budget will ask for:
- $1.2 billion in border infrastructure, focusing on modernizing ports of entry, "border security technology," and "efforts to ensure the safe and humane treatment of of migrants in CBP custody."
- Clawbacks of FY21 wall money.
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- $1.2 billion in border infrastructure, focusing on modernizing ports of entry, "border security technology," and "efforts to ensure the safe and humane treatment of of migrants in CBP custody."
- Clawbacks of FY21 wall money.
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On legal immigration, Biden's budget will ask for:
- $345 million to clear USCIS naturalization and asylum backlogs, and additional funds to "allow for systems and operations modernization."
- Funding for 125,000 refugee admissions (as he's promised to set for FY22)
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- $345 million to clear USCIS naturalization and asylum backlogs, and additional funds to "allow for systems and operations modernization."
- Funding for 125,000 refugee admissions (as he's promised to set for FY22)
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On immigration enforcement, Biden's budget will ask for:
- "expanded access" to alternatives to detention and case management programs
- $84 million extra to OPR and CRCL for accountability for ICE and CBP workforces.
Notably, nothing yet on overall detention funding.
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- "expanded access" to alternatives to detention and case management programs
- $84 million extra to OPR and CRCL for accountability for ICE and CBP workforces.
Notably, nothing yet on overall detention funding.
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Moving to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Biden's budget will ask for:
- $4.3 billion topline to rebuild the refugee program
- Additional funding for unaccompanied children, including "expanded access to counsel"
- Support services for children separated under Trump
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- $4.3 billion topline to rebuild the refugee program
- Additional funding for unaccompanied children, including "expanded access to counsel"
- Support services for children separated under Trump
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Moving to EOIR, Biden's budget will ask for:
- A 21% increase in funding over the FY21 budget, to allow for the hiring of 100 additional judges and support staff and funding for "other efficiency measures to reduce the backlog."
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- A 21% increase in funding over the FY21 budget, to allow for the hiring of 100 additional judges and support staff and funding for "other efficiency measures to reduce the backlog."
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Moving to the State Department, Biden's budget asks for an initial $861 million in FY22 for his planned regional development programs in Central America to reduce migration in the long term. The ultimate goal is the $4 billion he's called for going forward.
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The State Department budget request will also call for additional funding to go to refugee processing at the State Department, as well as $10 billion in international aid "to support vulnerable people abroad, including refugees, conflict victims, and other displaces persons."
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And that's it for immigration provisions, as far as my initial search through the document shows.
This is just a topline, and we'll get a much more detailed budget request next month. There will be a lot I'll be looking for in that document, such as ICE detention funding.
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This is just a topline, and we'll get a much more detailed budget request next month. There will be a lot I'll be looking for in that document, such as ICE detention funding.
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