Strong Advances Key Trump Border Security Funding
WASHINGTON— U.S. Representative Dale W. Strong (AL-05), member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after the Committee approved its portion of the budget reconciliation package. The package provides $69 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s border security mission.
“The American people are safer today because Donald Trump is president. He wasted no time restarting construction of the border wall and reinstating effective immigration enforcement policies. His decisive action is protecting North Alabama by curbing illegal immigration, stopping drug trafficking, and dismantling dangerous criminal networks.”
“Now, Congress must provide the necessary resources to fund President Trump’s agenda. This is a once-in-a-generation border security overhaul that includes funding for a state-of-the-art border barrier system, investments in border personnel and fleet vehicles, and border surveillance technology," said Representative Dale Strong.
Specifically, the budget includes funding for:
An effective border wall system for domain awareness between ports of entry, including border barrier construction and wall technology
Additional frontline personnel to accomplish their vital homeland security missions in the field, including additional Border Patrol agents, CBP officers, and Air and Marine operations personnel and equipment
Technology to close exploitable gaps and enhance interdictions, including drone-mitigation, surveillance equipment and towers, and technology to assist frontline officers in detecting deadly illicit drugs, such as fentanyl, at ports of entry
Read the full text of the recommendations here.
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