We will come to order we welcome the acting commissioner of cbp mark morgan thank you for being here today we look forward to getting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements fiscal year 2021 the budget proposes 15. 6 billion of Discretionary Spending by cbp and increases 714 million above the current your level of the total includes 2 billion of 82 miles of barriers and 625 over the current year appropriation for nearly 80 percent of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns for spending another 2 billion on border barriers but aside from any debate this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress by diverting millions of dollars for what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill does not include the funding. Even more to the point of funding proposed would crowd out other investments we all agree our high priority. For instance it is unclear how many officers are funded or sustained in this Budget Congres
Resolved. Biden will also ask to streamline the naturalization process. The president S Immigration changes, as new data shows migrant encounters of the border have shot up 178 since last year. Going from nearly 65,000 in fiscal year 2020 to well over 180,000 in fiscal year 2021. Jesse, we are in the land of Executive Orders. Congress hasnt been able to pass a bill on this in decades really. So now you have the undoing of the Previous Administrations work and its really a confusing mess. Jesse if you listen closely, you can hear the cartels cheering. Now the coyotes can come over and bring a body to our soil and joe is not going to do a thing. You killed the remained in mexico deal that trump struck with the mexican president where they have to stay there and await a silo. You get rid of that, youre bringing back catch and release. Catch and release his back now. What is joes plan . He says we will send millions to Central America. How has that worked out for the last couple decades .
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President trump, Vice President pence and members of the administrations Coronavirus Response team met with Airlines Ceos this morning. They discussed efforts to prevent the spread of the virus among travelers. At the end, the president talked about super tuesday primary results. Some of the biggest and the best and know the business better than anybody. Theyve been in it a long time and emerged to in all cases head their companies and we were talking about the effects of the virus on the air travel and what they see. In a certain way you could say the borders are automatically shut down without having to say shut down. Theyre two certain extent automatically shut down but its affect thing the airline business, as it would. A lot of people are staying in our country and theyre shopping and, uh, using our hotels in this country. So from that standpoint i think probably theres a positive impact but theres also an impact on overseas travel which will be fairly substantial. Mike, maybe ill
Public Health Officials from the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the National Institutes of health and the food and Drug Administration testify on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak and the federal response. The acting commissioner for customs and Border Protection mark morgan subcommittee. Questions commissioner morgan on building the wall on the southern border carrying from migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. We will come order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thomastom customs and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 in discretionary funding for cbp. Above the current year level. Border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about s