New US budget: what changes in immigration policy is worth knowing

The budget agreement reached by the legislators this week contains several provisions that will affect the protocols on the arrest of immigrants, standards of detention and, of course, decide on the very wall of President Trump.

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That's what each side did to prevent the government from closing again.

Border Barriers

Both sides agreed to pay 55 new miles (88 km) of “physical barriers” along the southern border worth 1,375 billion dollars, writes ABC News. This is far from the 5,7 billions that Trump insisted on, but more than many Democrats wanted. Under the agreement, money can only be used for previously agreed structures.

Friday Donald Trump introduced a state of emergency in the country: so he intends to circumvent the decision of the Congress and direct funds for the construction of the wall, which have already been allocated for other purposes. The declaration will allow Trump to redirect the 3,6 billion dollars allocated from the budget to military construction projects to the construction of the border wall. Trump also uses presidential budgetary freedom to attract 2,5 a billion dollars from anti-drug programs and 600 millions from the Treasury confiscation fund.

Combined with 1,375 billions of dollars that Congress has already allocated to the wall on Thursday night, in total Trump will have about 8 billion dollars to speed up the construction of new, repair or replace existing fences along the border this year, which is significantly more than 5,7 billions of dollars, in which he refused the Congress.

At the same time, having signed the budget, which was agreed upon by the Congress, he avoided a repeated shatdaun. The previous partial shutdown of the government cost the US budget about $ 6 billion.

The ban on the detention of sponsors of immigrant children

Last year, ICE stated that 170 had arrested immigrants on the basis of information that these people had submitted for checking their biographical data in order to take on the maintenance of unaccompanied minors. The new agreement should prevent ICE from using this information to arrest applicants.

Explaining the reasons for these arrests, ICE representatives assumed that the detention of sponsors of immigrant children would stop those who are going to illegally cross the US border.

Attempts to stop the growth of detention centers

Democrats also fought for a clause in the agreement, which should reduce the number of places in detention centers for immigrants, at least until September. But ICE can still raise funds from other sources to exceed the limit set in the agreement. Defenders of immigrants do not support this flexibility and strongly oppose the detention of any migrants who do not pose a threat to public safety.

Sarah Pierce, an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, told ABC News the bill gives ICE a "free pass" to expand its detention space. “I am very surprised that Democrats agree with these provisions as they are written,” Pierce said.

Detention Center Inspections

The bill contains a provision prohibiting DHS from keeping members of Congress from inspecting detention centers where children live. The same clause should prevent agencies from making temporary changes during the inspection period to hide the way they work the rest of the time. The democrats harshly criticized the detention centers and announced that the shelters to which children migrants crossing the border alone would be closed would be closed.

Obligation to report progress on humanitarian requirements

The US Customs and Border Protection Service is required to report on progress in implementing health and safety measures for migrants in detention. This provision, enshrined in the Latin American congressional meeting, states that the CBP must “ensure that [the places of migrants] are humane and are properly used”.

After a significant increase in the number of families crossing the southern US border in recent months, as well as the death of two children in detention centers last year, the CBP announced that it will regularly check medical records and record information about the health of people in custody.

Recall that a compromise on public funding previously agreed and he did not anticipate the allocation of money for the construction of the border wall. Trump stated that he “Extremely dissatisfied” with a compromisebut he stressed that he did not want to allow another shatdaun.

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