The request allocates significant funds to border enforcement and immigrant detention facilities
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has misrepresented a spending bill President Joe Biden sent to Congress that’s mostly devoted to military and economic aid to Ukraine and Israel, falsely claiming that none of the money is allocated to U.S. border security and that the funds will be spent “processing the invaders deeper into the United States.”
In fact, the proposal includes significant funds for border enforcement, and the money dedicated to accelerating the pace of resolving asylum claims is not a guarantee that those cases will be approved.
The AP story Bannon posted contradicts his own central claims. As AP makes clear, the Biden administration has asked Congress to approve $14 billion in spending for border and immigration issues as part of a larger package, which is devoted mostly to new military and economic aid to Ukraine and Israel. Of the $14 billion request, only $1.4 billion is set aside “to help state and local governments provide shelter and services for migrants.”
Here’s how the rest breaks down: