The Department of Homeland Security is in for a bonanza from Congress if Republicans succeed in passing a sweeping package with border security and immigration enforcement money.
Agency officials have decried inadequate funding for infrastructure, technology, and personnel for years, with accounts caught in perennial appropriations battles and broader political debates even as border crossings surged during swaths of President Joe Biden’s term.
Congressional Republicans are pursuing a budget reconciliation package to address many longstanding border funding asks, while likely bypassing thornier policy changes they say are needed to overhaul the immigration system. Early estimates of border funding needed have ...