White House to Seek $2 Billion to Stem Rise in Kids Crossing Border Illegally
Nolan Feeney @NolanFeeney June 29, 2014
A Central American migrant practices scaling parked boxcars as he awaits the arrival of a northbound freight train in Arriaga, Mexico, on June 19, 2014. A Central American migrant practices scaling parked boxcars as he awaits the arrival of a northbound freight train in Arriaga, Mexico, on June 19, 2014. Rebecca BlackwellAP Obama Administration will ask for funding to combat surge in unaccompanied minors from Central America attempting to cross the border
Central American migrants hang out around the northbound freight train they had been traveling on, after it suffered a minor derailment in a remote wooded area outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico, June 20. MORE Central American Migrants Travel North, Hoping to Find Homes in U.S. The White House will ask Congress on Monday for more than $2 billion to address the increasing number of unaccompanied minors traveling from Central America and illegally crossing the border into the U.S., a White House official said.
The Obama Administration will urge lawmakers to pass emergency legislation to improve border security, provide additional immigration judges and more quickly remove those who cross the border illegally.
It will also ask Congresss help in increasing penalties for human traffickers and expanding the Department of Homeland Securitys discretion in processing unauthorized arrivals.