The official added that the Department will start transferring the funds to support ICE operation until September 30. The funding will allow the agency to detain as much as 50,000 immigrants at a time.
House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairwoman opposes DHS’ plan
On Tuesday, Rep. Lucille Royball-Allard (CA-40), the Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security, expressed her opposition to DHS’ decision to transfer and reprogram funds to ICE enforcement and removal operations.
According to her, “I strongly disagree with DHS’s decision to transfer and reprogram funds to pay for more ICE detention beds and for hearing facilities to support the Administration’s inhumane Migrant Protection Protocols program”
“Once again, DHS has ignored the negotiated agreement with Congress by vastly exceeding the amount appropriated for immigration enforcement and removal operations. Furthermore, the Department’s transfer and reprogramming authority is permitted only ‘in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.’ The department has not shown that these ‘extraordinary circumstances’ exist.”
