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>>> WELCOME BACK.
WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S 2025 BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
>> THE BUDGET INCLUDES A $4.7
BILLION EMERGENCY FUND FOR
BORDER SECURITY HELPING
HOMELAND SECURITY RAMP UP
OPERATIONS IF THERE IS A
MIGRANT SURGE.
>> IT IS EXPECTED TO FACE AN
UPHILL BATTLE FROM REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE OPPOSING THE
PRESIDENT’S ENTIRE BUDGET PLAN.
JULIA, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
WALK US THROUGH THE WISHLIST
FOR THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE
ABILITY TO TAP INTO THE THE
RESERVES IN ORDER TO
ACCOMMODATE.
THEY DON’T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER
AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES, MORE
PEOPLE, MORE DETENTION SPACE
AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BORDER. THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO DEL
RIO TEXAS, LATE LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE SAW IN EL PASO AND AT
THE END OF TITLE 42 WHERE THERE
WERE HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS
SLEEPING IN THE STREETS AND AT
THE AIRPORTS.
THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE PORT
SYSTEM SO THAT ANYONE WHO
CROSSES THE BORDER GETS TO FIND
OUT VERY QUICKLY IN A MATTER OF
MONTHS RATHER THAN YEARS
WHETHER OR NOT THEY STAY HERE.
SO FAR, THERE IS A 2.9 MILLION
CASE BACKLOG AND THEY WANT TO
BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN THAT
BACKLOG WITH MORE IMMIGRATION
JUDGES AND THEY WANT TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BORDER
OFFICERS AND BORDER PATROL
AGENTS WHO WOULD BE JOINING THE
APPREHENSION AND THEY HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE
34,000 BEDS THEY ALREADY HAVE.
THIS IS NOT JUST A NORMAL
BUDGET REQUEST BECAUSE IT COMES
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
MONEY TWICE ALREADY BECAUSE
THEY SAY THEY ARE IN DIRE SHAPE.
>> THE MIND -- THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ONCE 36 BILLION
DOLLARS.
>> THERE WAS THIS BILL CALLED
HR TO WHICH WAS EXTREMELY
CONSERVATIVE AND DID NOT GIVE
ANY MONEY FOR PROTECTION AND
WOULD HAVE OBLITERATED A LOT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL NORMS THE
U.S. HAS BEEN COMPLYING WITH
SINCE WORLD WAR II.
THAT HAS BEEN THERE WISHLIST AND
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN
PROPOSAL IN THE SENATE, IT DID
NOT GET THROUGH BECAUSE OF
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
BASICALLY SIGNALING TO
REPUBLICANS THAT THAT WAS WEAK
AND WE HAVE SEEN REPUBLICANS AT
A COMPLETE STANDOFF OVER THIS
ISSUE WHERE THEY ARE NOT ABLE
TO NEGOTIATE LAW BUT ALSO GIVE
MONEY BECAUSE UNTIL BIDEN CAN
CONTROL THE BORDER, WHY SHOULD
THEY GIVE MORE MONEY TO THAT
POLICY?
IT IS A SIMPLE ARGUMENT BECAUSE
IF THEY DON’T GET MORE MONEY,
IT IS PRETTY HARD TO CONTROL.
>> CAN ANYTHING GET DONE
THROUGH EXECUTIVE ACTION?
>> THEY CAN’T GET MONEY BUT
THEY CAN TAKE STEPS AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
ARE REVIEWING A NUMBER OF
OPTIONS INCLUDING SOME THAT
WOULD EXPEDITE DEPORTATION AND
SORT OF LAST IN, FIRST OUT
POLICY TO DETER MORE MIGRATION
ACROSS THE BORDER.
THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE
PRIORITIZED FOR DEPORTATION.
ALSO, THEY CAN FIND ASYLUM BUT
AS YOU HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME