{"id":22502,"date":"2020-02-12T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22502"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:31:52","slug":"border-wall-congress-budget-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/02\/12\/border-wall-congress-budget-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be Discouraged by Lower Wall Funding Budget Request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday, the White House unveiled President Trump\u2019s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021, which he calls \u201ca Budget for America’s Future<\/a>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since President Trump took office, the annual fight for appropriations has been especially combative with one of the main points of contention being funding for barriers along the southwest border. Last year, the president\u2019s office requested $5 billion to build new barriers and strengthen existing structures. Eventually, after several delays, Congress eventually agreed to $1.375 billion. Interestingly, in this year\u2019s request, the White House is only requesting $2 billion to \u201cconstruct additional border wall along the U.S. Southwest border, strengthen and enforce U.S. immigration laws, and respond to and recover from major disasters and large-scale emergencies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, such a meager request appears to be a dramatic\nsurrender by the White House on the president\u2019s signature 2016 campaign\npromise. However, the reality is that since President Trump utilized his\nexecutive powers\u2014 and declared<\/a>\na state of emergency at the southern border almost a year ago\u2014 the White House\nhas amassed\na whopping $18 billion<\/a> to build the border wall. As such, the White House\nsimply doesn\u2019t need the same amount of funding that has been requested in years\nprior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the request\u2019s section titled, \u201cEnsures Security to\nPromote Prosperity,\u201d the White House says that \u201cby the end of 2020, the Administration\nexpects approximately 400 miles of new border wall to be completed on the\nsouthern border; an additional 600 miles of new border wall will be completed\nin the coming years with funding made available from 2017 to 2020. In the\nmeantime, the Administration has released a plan for updating immigration and\nasylum laws to encourage legal migration, promote application based on merit,\nand support refugees in need of protection from persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presidential budgets are released annually, but are almost always\nignored by lawmakers in Congress. Instead, budgets hailing from the White House\ntypically serve as party (and campaign) goals prior to appropriations\nnegotiations between Republicans and Democrats in the both chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress annually considers several appropriations<\/a>\nmeasures, which provide discretionary funding for numerous activities\u2014such as\nnational defense, education, and homeland security\u2014as well as general\ngovernment operations. Appropriations generally provide funding authority that\nexpires at the end of the federal fiscal year, September 30. Unfortunately, for\nthe past several years, Congress has failed to pass the required individual appropriations\nbills and has instead opted to pass all-encompassing minibus, omnibus, or\ncontinuing resolution bills to maintain government operations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, the White House unveiled President Trump\u2019s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021, which he calls \u201ca Budget for America’s Future.” Since President Trump took office, the annual fight for appropriations has been especially combative with one of the main points of contention being funding for barriers along the southwest border. Last year,<\/p>\n

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