Biden budget proposes slashing $600 million from DHS amid growing threats

President Joe Biden has proposed cutting funding for the Department of Homeland Security As national security issues mount against the United States, including the United States of America, this figure will rise to $600 million cyberattacks , irregular immigration, violent crime High record border crossings.

The White House proposed a budget for fiscal 2024 that would begin in October. It included $60.4 billion for DHS, the third-largest federal department, with 260,000 workers worldwide. While budgets for agencies or departments increase over time, those of the DHS would see theirs drop by 1% from this year’s amount.

“President Biden’s budget fails adequately to fund the Department of Homeland Security. He proposes a 1% decrease in funding levels from FY23.” a GOP aide said in a statement Thursday. “This proposal is unacceptable as it would be unacceptable for the agency responsible for protecting the nation’s borders, transport systems, and cyber security.”

The Biden administration maintained that it had taken unprecedented action and “President Obama secured more resources for border security that any president before him.

TWO REASONS BIDEN MAKES FOES OUT IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS & DEMOCRATIC LATINOS

“The President’s Budget contains billions of dollars to secure America’s borders and enforce our immigration laws. It also expands legal pathways for asylum-seeking migrants.” the White House wrote in a statement on the newly released budget.

DHS funding on immigration and border matters will increasingly focus on bringing outdated border facilities up to speed with renovations, adding more technology capabilities to ports of entry and elsewhere that employees work, lowering the 2 million cases before immigration judges nationwide, and changes that improve how immigrants are detained after initially being apprehended at the border or while in longer-term immigration custody within the U.S.

Roughly 40%, or about $25 bi