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This program requires no funding. F. Border Patrol: This program would increase Border Patrol personnel and buy more equipment. We will also look closely at training and procedures along the border. This program requires $45.1 million in FY 94. G. International Repatriation: The President will certify to the Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate that an immigration emergency exists. thereby allowing up to $6 million to be available from the Immigration Emergency Fund (IEF) to finance repatriation of smuggled aliens intercepted outside the U.S. These funds will allow us to return 35004000 nonrefugee. smuggled alien migrants to their countries of origin. as was the case earlier in Kwajalein. Honduras. and Mexico (not the most recent incident where the Government of Mexico paid for repatriation). Lest the $6 million drawdown prove inadequate. the Administration will request $6 million for FY 94 as an IEF replenishment for the $6 million drawdown. In that way. the replenished IEF could be used for alien smuggling or other emergency immigration issues. This program will require $6 million in FY 94. n. REMOVAL These measures are designed to assist INS in removing illegal aliens from the United States. both those who arrive at the border and those already in the US. A. Expedited Exclusion: This legislative proposal is discussed in a separate fact sheet. This program will cost $31.2 million in FY 94. B. Regulatory Reform of the Affirmative Asylum Process: As a companion effort to the expedited exclusive legislation which addresses the abuse of asylum laws at ports of entry. the Administration. led by Justice. will undertake a comprehensive review of regulations governing our affirmative asylum procedures. The goal of this effort is (1) to reduce the 275.000 backlog of affirmative asylum adjudications (claims filed by aliens who are already in the United States) by establishing a mechanism for eliminating stale claims. and (2) to promulgate new regulations which would provide for prompt and fair resolution of the claims and allow INS to remain current in its adjudications. Regulations governing the affirmative asylum process currently provide for several layers of do novo and appellate review. INS is undertaking an effort with the nongovernmental community to streamline these procedures. The procedures will be ready by the end of September.