This amendment violates the budget agreement. overrides the vast majority of the Committee on International Relations in terms of the appropriate level. removes the flexibility of the appropriators who are dealing with a very difficult situation where three important agencies. the Justice Department. the Commerce Department and the State Department. are all within their budget. and puts an artificial lid on one aspect of that. which makes their ability to make sensible priority decisions much weaker. It cuts the Embassy security. It limits our ability to build up Radio Free Asia. It cuts refugee protection. It very much impacts in our effort to develop a broader program for the MexicanUnited States border which would allow us to ensure that the very necessary commercial relations. if it exists. are documented. that people have the appropriate credentials and at the same time are not able to come across the border illegally. There is no point to going any further with these cuts.