billion to lever up to $1 trillion in total spending. it s the government s responsibility to protect the american people, the home land and the american way of life. the budget requests $750 million for our national defense. and to be clear, this is not funding for endless wars. this is for research and development and procurement to fund the most awe inspiring military the world has ever known. in addition, federal resources and front line defenders are overwhelmed at the southern border. and the fiscal year 2020 budget, provides sizable funding of an $8.6 billion for full completion of the wall and other border security resources. in terms of other major reform, the administration is proposing uniform work requirements for medicade, snap, food stamps in certain housing programs. we can help low income families and end dependency on government benefits by strengthening work requirements. administration also wants to lower drug costs. the budget proposes a drug
senator jim clyburn, i m sorry representative jim clyburn is interested in using $5 billion for border security that does not include a wall. but border security resources that have been supported by experts and research such as guards, technology and other systems that could actually do what the president said he wants to do. so it s not about the democrats being against border security it s about being against this wall. eugene scott thanks. we re also seeing more and more of the shutdown s impacts on government workers. members of the u.s. coast guard who are not being paid during the shutdown have been told to consider holding garage sales to make ends meet. the suggestion was part of a five page tip sheet given to coast guard employees that also suggests babysitting, dog walking, tutoring or becoming a mystery shopper to help manage their finances during the furlough. the coast guard rehofd that tip sheet from its support program
and we haven t been since many years ago, even predating the obama administration. the number of illegal immigrants in the united states has remained roughly constant over the last decade. i d be looking at that. this is a really important point, if you re looking at the threats, ms-13, the gangs he talks about, you would want to take your border security resources and focus those on the actual threats. so not separating children from their families, not asylum seekers who come in and orderly process and there s a judicial process to review their asylum claims. every dollar that he s spending on this kind of blanket enforcement of everybody is a resource that is not being focused on gangs and drug traffickers. i as a national security official would want to focus on the actual threats and not these invented threats of caravans that are a thousand miles away. let me pivot here in the last minutes to our policy towards saudi arabia. adam schiff gave an interview to the washington post
i would say this to republicans who are concerned about border security, there is an historic investment in border security resources included in the bipartisan bill passed by the senate. so the answer is a nonanswer. they will not directly answer is the border currently secure. what they re trying to say is it s getting more secure but won t say directly that it is secure. we heard a lot about the president with pen and paper. threatening to issue new executive orders with regard to immigration? reporter: josh earnest said at this meeting that the president will be discussing more potential executive orders in late summer, early fall to deal with immigration reform. remember, republicans charge that the president s executive order on immigration in 2012 sparked this crisis. they deny this at the white house here. bottom line is we expect more executive action in the days ahead. ed henry live at the white house. new evidence now the obama administration is possibly the