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White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
[DAWN] The Trump administration is asking Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border security as the administration contends with a surge of Central American That's according to two people familiar with the request who spoke to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly before a formal announcement. A summary of the request obtained by the AP says the White House wants $3.3 billion for humanitarian aid  to increase shelter capacity for unaccompanied migrant children and the feeding and care of families.An additional $1.1 billion would go toward operational support, including personnel expenses, detention beds, transportation and investigative work on smuggling. And the final $178 million would be used for mission support, including technology upgrades. Posted by: Fred 2019-05-02 |
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