Mr. Speaker. is a significantly pareddown piece of legislation. It provides $659 million to meet the immediate border security and humanitarian needs. This supplemental sends the message that this administration has been unwilling to send. that if you come here illegally. you will be deported. And it provides the resources to effect just that. It provides $334 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement for boosted enforcement efforts. accelerates judicial proceedings by providing $22 million to hire temporary immigration judges and provide courts with video teleconferencing equipment. and makes smart policy reforms. like changing the 2008 sex trafficking law to require that all unaccompanied minors are treated the same. among others. These important policy reforms. which the President initially asked for. are a reasonable. thoughtful response to the tenfold increase of unaccompanied alien children since 2011. Mr.
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