The proposed 2025 fiscal year budget includes billions of dollars towards helping to curb migration in other parts of the world.
President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed spending billions of dollars on border security, including $1 billion to address the root causes of migration from Central America.
Biden has taken heat throughout his first term for the annual increases in border crossings. As he is likely to once again face off against Donald Trump in the presidential election this November, illegal immigration has become the top issue for many Republicans across the country according to various polling.
Following silence on the death of 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley, allegedly committed by illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra, Biden mentioned the victim during Thursday’s State of the Union address. He referred to Ibarra as an «illegal,» which drew consternation from some Democrats. The president later regretted the terminology, saying that he rather should have used the word «undocumented.»
The president’s proposed 2025 fiscal year budget requests Congress approval for $405 million to hire 1,300 more federal Border Patrol agents; $239 million to hire 1,000 additional U.
