Bipartisan bill would demand DHS establish plan to counter border surges, create $1B fund
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As the border crisis continues to roil the Biden administration, a bipartisan bill introduced on Thursday would demand the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) come up with a plan to deal with migrant surges -- and create a $1 billion fund to allow it to quickly respond.
The bill would also create an "irregular migration surge border response fund," by which supplemental funding would be activated by metrics related to the border. The initial pot would be for $1 billion and would be topped up each year depending on how much had been spent the previous year. It’s a rare bipartisan move in a political environment that has frequently seen Republicans blaming the Biden administration for the crisis, and the White House and Democratic allies downplaying it as a "challenge" and blaming it on the dismantling of pathways by the Trump administration.More Related News