Ct. 168 (U.S. 1959). Therefore. a border county sheriff can use these funds to hire. train. pay and fully equip additional deputy sheriffs and reserve deputies whose duties include patrolling the border regions of their county. supporting the work of the U.S. Customs Border Protection patrols and who detain aliens who are not lawfully present in the U.S. in the course of their day to day law enforcement duties. We have attached to this letter clarifying our legislative intent the proposed budgets prepared by the border sheriffs in Texas which detail the type of additional expenditures they anticipate will be necessary for them to fulfill their responsibilities under H.R. 4360 and Section 607 of H.R. 4437. These are precisely the types of additional expenditures which we intend to authorize under Section 607 of H.R. 4437. and we want the Appropriations Committee and the Department of Justice to do what is necessary to ensure that the border sheriffs are promptly reimbursed or paid in advance for expenses like these.
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