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Original Date Announced
August 27, 2019DHS announces plans to divert $271 million from various DHS accounts to ICE, including $155 million from FEMA in federal disaster aid in order to operate Migrant Protection Protocol immigration hearing facilities on the Southern border. Similarly, $116 million from other DHS agencies will be diverted to fund ICE adult detention beds and transportation. [ID #423]
DHS Reprogramming and Transferring $271 Million to Fund ICE Detention Beds and Open Temporary MPP Immigration Hearing FacilitiesCurrent Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Border Detention Asylum, Withholding and CATAssociated or Derivative Policies
Commentary
DHS to siphon $155M in disaster aid to bolster immigration enforcement
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