Chair, estimating the required number of
operations and detention beds is not exact science. This reprogramming
a party is essential to be able to deal with emergent and critical
operation needs, like surges we have seen in 2014 and 2016. Without sufficient funding for beds, ICE will be forced to release
criminal and other illegal aliens into communities across the country
and weaken the security of the United States. The proposal to restrict
ICE's ability to reprogram funding for detention beds would not only
endanger the safety of the American people, but it will also convey to
bad actors that the United States will not detain illegal aliens,
leading to increased border crossings and growing overall illegal alien
operations in the United States. Therefore, I oppose this amendment and ask my colleagues to do the
same. Mr.
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