{"id":21554,"date":"2019-06-06T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21554"},"modified":"2019-06-06T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:23:57","slug":"democrat-priorities-laid-bare-in-budget-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/06\/06\/democrat-priorities-laid-bare-in-budget-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Priorities Laid Bare In Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In December, House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi outlined her priorities on immigration<\/a>, which naturally included amnesty for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and a pledge to \u201cmeet our responsibility to provide strong, smart border security that serves our country\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, since regaining control of the House, Pelosi and the Democratic caucus have stood by as the crisis on the border has worsened with each passing day. In the current fiscal year, the number of Southern border apprehensions already have reached<\/a> 676,315, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That is a figure that exceeds the population of Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the escalating humanitarian and\nsecurity crisis, Democrats not only aren\u2019t providing anything resembling \u201cstrong,\nsmart border security,\u201d they are cutting critical resources to border agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security approved by voice vote a $63.8 billion funding measure<\/a> that fails to provide funding for Border Patrol agents or checkpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats appear to believe that the border is best secured by giving $151 million to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for the purpose of adding 1,846 new positions to monitor border entry ports, but not one additional cent to hire Border Patrol officers<\/a> \u2013 the ones who actually man the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chair of the subcommittee, Rep. Lucille\nRoybal-Allard (D-Calif.), characterized the funding bill as one which takes \u201ca\nbalanced approach to border security and immigration enforcement, including new\nefforts to protect the dignity and safety of every person in U.S. government\ncustody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balanced? No funds for officers to patrol the border, but\n$20 million to establish a new Office\nof Immigration Detention Ombudsman and bars funding transfers to Immigration\nand Customs Enforcement (ICE) Operations and Support for Enforcement and\nRemoval Operations? Pouring salt into the wound, it also explicitly prevents\nICE from transferring funds to increase detention capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to mention that\nDemocrats found time this week to pass the Dream and Promise Act, which the\nCongressional Budget Office estimates will add $35 billion to the deficit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and they also ignored their own set budget rules<\/a> that require offsets to be identified if a measure will increase the deficit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Republicans were unable to prevent Democrats from pushing it towards a full committee vote, ranking member Kay Granger (R-Texas) did express her opposition<\/a> to the bill, which she said fails to address the increasingly dire crisis at the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are facing a crisis at our southern border, and we\nhave to put partisan politics aside and address it,\u201d she said, stressing the\nneed to ensure \u201call the tools at our disposal to address this crisis \u2013 we\ncannot hamstring the agencies on the frontlines by starving them of resources\nand not giving them the legal authorities they need.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granger also called for the immediate passage of a supplemental bill to address the border. That is separate from the $4.5 billion emergency spending request<\/a> the White House made at the beginning of May \u2013 before more than 144,000 migrants were apprehended at the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing an unfolding \u201chumanitarian and security crisis,\u201d\nthe White House asked for $3.3 billion for humanitarian assistance and $1.1\nbillion for border operations, and no money for a border barrier in an effort\nto gain Democrat support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last three months the average monthly apprehension figures have hovered well above 100,000. Democrats\u2019 continued obstruction and denial of the humanitarian crisis is irresponsible, unconscionable and a threat to the migrants and the men and women tasked with their care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December, House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi outlined her priorities on immigration, which naturally included amnesty for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and a pledge to \u201cmeet our responsibility to provide strong, smart border security that serves our country\u2019s needs.\u201d Well, since regaining control of the House, Pelosi and the Democratic<\/p>\n

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