Biden admin seeks $4 billion in additional border funding, predicts post-Title 42 border surge
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The Biden administration is requesting $4 billion in DHS funding as it faces a potential surge in migrant encounters at the southern border once Title 42 ends next week.
That request, Fox is told, is based off the Department of Homeland Security’s estimation of daily encounters once Title 42 is ended on Dec. 21. A court ordered the administration to stop using the authority -- which has been used since March 2020 to quickly return migrants to Mexico -- after finding it to be unlawful. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
That "flow estimation" predicts between 9,000 and 15,000 migrant crossings a day once Title 42 ends. For context, the average for fiscal year 2022 -- in which there were a record 2.3 million migrant crossings -- was approximately 6,500 crossings a day. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.