Subject: Re: Trump NFT's
LurkerMom: The Border crisis fix can start with our president reversing his open border policies and give the Border Agents what they need...

Nonsense.

The Trump administration made funding requests for Customs and Border Protection averaging $15.5 billion a year

For fiscal year 2022, the Democratic-controlled Congress appropriated $16.5 billion for the agency, a higher budget than the four enacted under Trump. Biden requested $14.8 billion for 2023. The Senate proposed $16.5 billion, the House $15.7 billion.

The number of Border Patrol agents peaked at 21,000 under Obama. During the Trump administration the numbers were between 19,430 and 19,740. So far under Biden the numbers have been between 19,338 and 19,536. Agent turnover predates the Biden administration. Biden's administration has requested $95 million from Congress to hire 300 additional Border Patrol agents in fiscal year 2023.

And nothing much else has changed at the southern border, either.

Immigration policies at the border under Biden and Trump have stayed largely the same. Border authorities are still enforcing immigration laws; immigrants continue to be expelled, detained or allowed into the country if they pass officials' initial screenings.

Title 42, a public health policy enacted under Trump to limit COVID-19's spread, remains in place under the Biden administration.

The Biden administration has also provided funding to reinforce existing barriers and add specialized technology at the border, including cameras, lighting and other detection technology.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Biden signed into law in November 2021, appropriated about $430 million to CBP for the construction and modernization of land ports of entry and $3 billion for "critical investments" to Border Patrol stations.

Biden has done far more than Trump ever did with respect to the southern border. In fact, president Biden secured an agreement from Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador to spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to improve 'smart' border technology.

The Biden administration secured border funding from Mexico after years of failed attempts by former president Trump.

Finally, although "encounters" are at or near record highs, encounters are not individuals. For example, a Border Patrol agent could have encountered the same person three times.