A budget proposal from President Donald Trump to split the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security and return it to the Treasury Department has drawn skepticism by some in Congress and from former officials.
The budget’s $2 billion request to build more of Trump’s border wall — a key 2016 campaign promise — in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election also met immediate opposition from Democrats.
The plans, outlined in the president’s annual budget released Monday, would move the approximately $2.4 billion Secret Service agency to Treasury, where it was originally housed before DHS was formed ...