A Border Crisis Stop-Gap Immigration Bill

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Applebee: A Border Crisis Stop-Gap Immigration Bill

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3 August 2014

by eehines

 

Late Friday, the House passed this—along party lines, because the Democrats in the House wanted no part of it. The bill provides roughly $700 million, less than a quarter of President Barack Obama’s original $3.7 billion do deal with the situation. What it does is this:

§ increases funding, to $70 million, for the relevant States’ National Guards, with the funding to go directly to those States, bypassing the Federal government. This alone is anathema to Democrats

§ provides $400 million for border security

§ provides $200 million for housing and “humanitarian assistance”

§ adds more immigration judges and detention spaces