Thread: ICE BUDGET FOR FY 2007

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Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 23

ICE Budget Gains 6.3 Percent In FY 06 DHS Spending Bill
President Bush signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations Act on October 19. The legislation adopts many of the changes called for in the Secretary’s Second Stage Review and provides a total of $3.9 billion in direct appropriations and fees for ICE. That figure is an increase of $216.218 million or 6.3 percent above FY 2005.

Included in the FY 06 enhancements for ICE are:

$35 million in additional funding for the annualization of the FY 05 Supplemental Appropriation.

$205 million in additional funding for base fixes.

$5 million in additional funding for Visa Security Program expansion.

$39.3 million in additional funding for Arizona Border Control/Interior Repatriation.

$43.7 million in additional funding for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) activities.

$42 million for an additional 250 Criminal Investigators.

$9 million for an additional 67 Immigration Enforcement Agents.

$800,000 in additional funding for the Cyber Crimes Center.

$1 million in additional funding for the Law Enforcement Support Center.

$10 million in additional funding for Worksite Enforcement.

$5.4 million in additional funding for Alternatives to Detention.

$8.9 million in additional funding for Fugitive Operations.

$16 million for an additional 60 Fugitive Operations team members.

$5.4 million in additional funding for Institutional Removal.

$90 million for an additional 1,920 bed spaces.

$18 million for an additional 100 Institutional Removal Program agents.

$10 million for an additional 49 Alternatives to Detention positions.

The DHS FY 2006 appropriations include more than $30.8 billion in net discretionary spending—a 4.7 percent increase over FY 2005. In total, with mandatory and fee-based programs, the DHS budget for FY 2006 is $40.6 billion.

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Friday, December 1, 2006

President Bush’s FY 2007 Budget for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Totals $7.8 Billion

A 9.8 Percent Increase over FY 2006

(02/07/2006)President Bush’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 budget recognizes that securing America’s borders is a top priority. Accordingly, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) budget request for FY 2007 represents an increase of $702.31 million (+9.83%) over
FY 2006. During FY 2007 budget, CBP’s budget reflects $6.57 billion in appropriated resources and $1.27 billion in funding acquired through user fees, for a total of $7.84 billion.


Within the Department of Homeland Security, CBP is the agency responsible for securing our Nation’s borders, while facilitating global trade. The FY 2007 budget allows CBP to fulfill its priority mission of preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the U.S., while simultaneously facilitating the flow of people and trade across our borders.


The FY 2007 budget also provides the necessary resources to ensure that CBP continues to fulfill its traditional missions that include: combating the flow of illegal drugs and other contraband, protecting our agricultural and economic interests from harmful pests and diseases, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws.


The FY 2007 budget supports the DHS Secure Border Initiative, a comprehensive multi-year plan to secure America’s borders and reduce illegal migration. Operational control of our borders cannot be obtained effectively without a comprehensive and integrated border security and enforcement system, which leverages investment in agents, technology, infrastructure and facilities.


Secure Border Initiative (SBI)
Increased Border Patrol Presence Between Ports of Entry

Provides an additional $458.9 million for 1,500 Border Patrol agents and associated costs, directly supporting the strategic goal to increase and extend control of the borders between the ports of entry. Included in this amount are funding for agents and support staff, relocations, information technology upgrades, training, and construction costs for improvements and expansions to Border Patrol facilities. A portion of this funding ($4.691 million) will be used by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to increase its training capacity.

Border Technology

Adds $100 million to expand purchases of critically needed border technology infrastructure between our Nation’s ports of entry.
Increased border technology will not only dramatically improve our electronic surveillance capabilities along the southern and northern borders, but it will significantly strengthen our ability to detect, intercept, and secure the borders against illegal aliens, potential terrorist, weapons of mass destruction, illegal drugs and other contraband.

Western Arizona Tactical Infrastructure

Adds $50.8 million for the construction of permanent vehicle barriers in Western Arizona.
Tactical infrastructure prevents and deters illegal border crossings and provides a force-multiplier by enhancing agent efficiency in responding to and interdicting illegal entrants.

San Diego Border Infrastructure System

Provides an additional $30 million to fund the land acquisition and construction of the San Diego Border Infrastructure System project that includes multiple fences, lighting, and patrol roads enabling quick enforcement response.

The San Diego Border Infrastructure System will give the United States significantly greater control of the most urbanized corridor of our border with Mexico.

Immigration Advisory Program (IAP)

Adds $4.8 million to expand the Immigration Advisory Program by two additional international cities in FY 2007.
IAP will improve border security against the threat of terrorism by enabling CBP to identify and intercept suspected terrorists and passengers attempting to use fraudulent identification or documents before they board commercial aircraft bound for the U.S. Under IAP, the U.S. partners with foreign governments and airline carriers to identify high-risk travelers at foreign airports.

Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit

Provides $1.2 million to support additional staff in the Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit, which facilitates identification and interception of fraudulent, counterfeit, altered, or improperly-presented documents.

Weapons Of Mass Destruction (WMD) Detection Staffing

Adds $12 million for additional staffing at seaports to support the deployment of WMD detection systems deployed through the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s WMD procurement program.
Funding will ensure CBP will have dedicated personnel to resolve alarms from Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM) and to conduct radiological examinations at our Nation’s busiest seaports.
A critical part of CBP’s strategy to address the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism is to screen all trucks, trains, cars, sea containers, airfreight, and mailbags with advanced radiation detection technology prior to release.

National Targeting Center (NTC)

Adds $6.8 million for expansion of the National Targeting Center (NTC), in support of around-the-clock operations providing tactical targeting and analytical research support. Increases in staffing will enable the NTC to conduct timely research and targeting and maintain liaisons with other agencies involved in anti-terrorism efforts.
The NTC provides nationally directed targeting technology, targeting methodology, subject matter expertise, and training in support of anti-terrorism activities.

Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABCI)

Adds $8.5 million to provide continued support of Border Patrol agents working on the Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABCI), to cover costs for travel, lodging and overtime.
Placing additional personnel in camp details, infrastructure and technologies in high traffic areas raises the effectiveness of law enforcement operations and creates a deterrent that will inhibit smuggling organizations.
ABCI involves hundreds of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement officers in a cooperative Arizona effort to secure the border with enhanced personnel, technology and aviation assets. One of the major components is the removal of migrants from the dangers associated with crossing the border illegally.

Internal Controls/Financial Audit/Procurement

Includes an additional $1 million to provide CBP with improved capability to undertake the new audit of internal control requirements.
Includes an additional $3 million for additional procurement staffing to expand the ability of CBP to effectively manage procurement operations.

Air And Marine Operations

Provides a total of $337.7 million for operations and maintenance of CBP’s air and marine infrastructure to identify, deter, interdict, and investigate acts of terrorism and smuggling arising from unlawful movement of people and goods into and out of the U.S.

Trade
Automation Modernization

Provides $302.5 million for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and $16 million in International Trade Data System funding to continue the multi-year modernization of CBP’s trade management systems to enhance business processes that are essential to securing U.S. borders from terrorists by providing the intelligence required to target illicit goods, while ensuring the efficient processing of legitimate goods.
Provides $142.7 million for critical operations protection and processing support to efficiently and effectively share information and images among trade and law enforcement agencies.

Port Security
Container Security Initiative (CSI)

The budget continues to support the Container Security Initiative (CSI) with funding of $139 million for FY 2007 to pre-screen inbound cargo for weapons of mass destruction and other dangerous or illegal material importation.
CSI protects the global trade lanes while facilitating trade, through partnerships with foreign governments to prescreen containerized cargo prior to loading at 42 foreign ports (50 will be operational by the end of 2006).

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)

The budget provides $55 million for support of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), to review and improve the security of partner organizations though the cargo supply-chain.
Through C-TPAT, CBP works with importers, carriers, brokers, and other industry sectors to emphasize a seamless security-conscious environment throughout the entire commercial process, from the foreign factory through transportation and importation to ultimate distribution.

So we're spending $3.9 Billion for ICE and $7.8 Billion for Border Patrol which is 11.7 Billion on the two programs that deal with our borders and internal security from foreign agents.

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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the cost of "prosecuting" a war against Iraq at up to $9 billion per month, on top of an initial outlay of up to $13 billion for the deployment of troops to the Persian Gulf region.

In a letter to the House and Senate budget committees, CBO provided Congress with cost estimates for an armed conflict with Iraq, based on recent similar U.S. military operations including those in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the 1990 Gulf War.

Summary of Iraq War Cost Estimates
CBO estimated the following costs for an Iraq war:

Initial deployment of troops: $9 billion to $13 billion
Conducting the war: $6 billion to $9 billion per month
Returning forces to US: $5 billion to $7 billion
Temporary occupation of Iraq: $1 billion to $4 billion per month
Unknown Factors Involved
In arriving at their estimates, CBO acknowledged that exact costs would depend on several "unknown factors" including:

actual force size deployed
duration of the conflict
strategy employed
number of casualties
military equipment lost
need for reconstruction of Iraq's infrastructure
Assumptions Made in CBO Cost Estimates
CBO analysts assumed two possible war-fighting alternatives the Defense Department might employ in operations against Iraq, one emphasizing use of ground troops, the other emphasizing use of air power.

The Ground Troop Alternative
Under the "Heavy Ground" option, the U.S. would deploy about five U.S. Army divisions and five U.S. Air Force tactical fighter wings to the Persian Gulf region. CBO estimates that the cost of deploying the Heavy Ground force to the Persian Gulf would be about $13 billion; after that, the incremental cost of prosecuting a war in Iraq would reach just over $9 billion during the first month of combat and subsequently fall to about $8 billion a month. Costs to return Heavy Ground option personnel to the U.S. would be about $7 billion.

The Air Power Alternative
Relying more on air power, the "Heavy Air" option, according to CBO, would require deployment of two and one-third U.S. Army divisions and 10 U.S. Air Force tactical fighter wings. The cost of deploying the Heavy Air force to the Persian Gulf would be $9 billion, and the incremental cost of prosecuting a war would reach $8 billion during the first month of combat, falling to about $6 billion a month. Costs to return Heavy Air option personnel to the U.S. would be about $5 billion.

Duration of a War with Iraq
Recognizing that the duration of an Iraq war would significantly affect their cost estimates, CBO projected two possible scenarios; a short war and an extended war.

A Short War with Iraq
Should Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, his deputies and military commanders give in quickly, says CBO, the war in Iraq might last no longer or cost much more than the 1990 Gulf War.

An Extended War with Iraq
Should Hussein decide to fight and use chemical or biological weapons (CBW), the duration of the war could be significantly extended. Engaging in protracted urban warfare and the need to decontaminate personnel and equipment affected by CBW attacks would result in both increased costs and, of course, U.S. casualties.

Could Iraqi Oil Help Pay Some Costs?
In its estimates, CBO also analyzed the suggested possibility that proceeds from sales of Iraqi oil could be used to offset the costs of rebuilding damaged infrastructure and occupation of Iraq. CBO found this idea not to be a reasonable option because:

"Iraq is already a major exporter of oil and until recently has been producing at close to its peak sustainable production capacity of 2.8 million barrels a day.


"Currently, about 80 percent of Iraq's oil production is being used to purchase imports under the United Nations Oil for Food Program or for domestic consumption. And, in the near term, Iraqi oil exports cannot be expanded without large-scale investment and development of infrastructure. Thus, the primary source of additional funds for reconstructing Iraq would be the proceeds from the legitimate sale of the approximately 400,000 BPD that are currently smuggled out of the country to pay for the importation of items that violate United Nations sanctions.


"Assuming that a post-conflict Iraq complied with all U.N. resolutions and removed the basis for the current economic sanctions, and assuming also that its oil production infrastructure was undamaged, Iraq could pay for reconstruction costs by using funds generated from that 400,000 BPD of oil and still have enough to pay for its country's current level of imports. At today's oil prices, production at that level would amount to approximately $3 billion a year."

• For more details, including specific potential projected troop and equipment deployments by military branch, and cost breakdowns of the Gulf War, see: Estimated Costs of a Potential Conflict with Iraq

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Cost of Iraq war nearly $2b a week

By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | September 28, 2006

WASHINGTON -- A new congressional analysis shows the Iraq war is now costing taxpayers almost $2 billion a week -- nearly twice as much as in the first year of the conflict three years ago and 20 percent more than last year -- as the Pentagon spends more on establishing regional bases to support the extended deployment and scrambles to fix or replace equipment damaged in combat.

The upsurge occurs as the total cost of military operations at home and abroad since 2001, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will top half a trillion dollars, according to an internal assessment by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service completed last week.

The spike in operating costs -- including a 20 percent increase over last year in Afghanistan, where the mission now costs about $370 million a week -- comes even though troop levels in both countries have remained stable. The reports attribute the rising costs in part to a higher pace of fighting in both countries, where insurgents and terrorists have increased their attacks on US and coalition troops and civilians.

Another major factor, however, is ``the building of more extensive infrastructure to support troops and equipment in and around Iraq and Afghanistan," according to the report. Based on Defense Department data, the report suggests that the construction of so-called semi-permanent support bases has picked up in recent months, making it increasingly clear that the US military will have a presence in both countries for years to come.

The United States maintains it is not building permanent military bases in Iraq or Afghanistan, where the local population distrusts America's long-term intentions.

But for the first time, a major factor in the growth of war spending is the result of a dramatic rise in ``investment costs," or spending needed to sustain a long-term deployment of American troops in the two countries, the report said. These include the additional purchases of protective equipment for troops, such as armored Humvees, radios, and night-vision equipment; new tanks and other equipment to replace battered gear from Army and Marine Corps units that have been deployed numerous times in recent years; and growing repair bills for damaged equipment, what the military calls ``reset" costs.

At least one lawmaker, referring to reports of equipment shortages in the war zones and at US bases where troops are training for combat, says some of the spending is misplaced. ``While we are spending billions in Iraq to build and maintain massive bases, we cannot [effectively] repair our abused equipment or replace it," US Representative Martin T. Meehan , a Lowell Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.

The Pentagon, which had previously made public its own estimate of operating costs, has not released up-to-date war costs.Continued...

The Congressional Research Service report estimates that after Congress approves two pending bills, the total war costs since Sept. 11, 2001, will reach about $509 billion. Of that, $379 billion will cover the cost of operations in Iraq, $97 billion will be the price tag for Afghanistan operations, and $26 billion will have gone to beefed-up security at US military bases around the world.

Though the military's operational costs in Iraq and Afghanistan have gone up despite a level number of US troops, the report attributes a large portion of the increased spending to the military's ongoing preparations to sustain combat operations in the two countries for the foreseeable future.

For example, the report shows that under the category of ``procurement," the funds designated for ``resetting the force" -- replacing or repairing equipment damaged in combat and preparing for long-term fighting -- has jumped from $7.2 billion in 2004 to $20.9 billion in 2005, and $22.9 billion this year. Separately, the Army has told Congress that it estimates it will need at least $36 billion more for equipment, while the Marine Corps has reported it needs nearly $12 billion.

Another major war cost is for infrastructure -- bases, landing strips, repair shops -- for the forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. These ``operations and maintenance" costs remained steady at about $40 billion per year in 2003, 2004, and 2005, but have spiked to more than $60 billion this year.

Those factors alone, however, are ``not enough to explain" the spiraling increase in operating costs, according to the report.

``You would expect [operating costs] to level off if you have the same level of people," said the report's principal author, Amy Belasco, a national defense specialist at the Congressional Research Service. ``You shouldn't have as much cost to fix buildings that were presumably repaired when you got there. It's a bit mysterious."

The Pentagon has not provided Congress with a detailed accounting of all the war funds, making it impossible to conduct a full, independent estimate of how much Americans are spending in Iraq and Afghanistan -- or to predict what future costs might be.

``In congressional hearings, the Department of Defense has typically provided estimates of the current or average monthly costs over a period of time for military operations, referred to as the `burn rate,' " the report stated. ``While this figure covers some of the costs of war, it excludes the cost of upgrading or replacing military equipment and improving or building facilities overseas, and it does not cover all funds appropriated."

Bryan Bender can be reached at bender@globe.com.

© Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.

So we're spending $11.7 Billion per year on Border Patrol and ICE next FY (2007) securng our nation from foreign agents, a nation consisting of well over 300 million people and land that's over 3,000 miles wide and we're spending $2 Billion per week or $104 Billion per year in Iraq a country the size of 2 Idahos with only 27 million people.

Okay ... here is a suggestion for Congress concerning securing our borders.

1. WALL OF AMERICANS

2. 40,000 members for southern border

3. $20 per hour plus normal government benefits

4. 20 members per mile of southern border working 6 to a mile for every miles on average 24/7/365 requiring 18 leaving 2 in the mile team to float for weekends, sick leave vacations and holidays. These positions and shifts would be rotated in a normal fashion.

5. Minimal training and minimal supervision.

6. Their job is to keep illegal aliens out; to keep them from crossing; to ensure no one gets IN.

7. They will be supported and backed up by Border Patrol and ICE.

Cost: About $2 Billion a year including some equipment for the task.

40,000 Americans x $40,000 a year = $1.6 Billion x 20% for benefits and that's $320 mm fo $1.920 Billion ... leaving another $80 mm for cell phones, radios, vehicles, camping gear, night goggles and some weapons and bullet proof vests.

We probably have tons of cell phones, radios, gear, goggles, weapons and vests in government storage somewhere. Time to pull them out and put them to use.

This stops the flow which reduces the cost of Border Patrol and ICE very economically while focusing their more skilled personnel to dealing with the bad ones that get through the Wall of Americans because they are armed and beyond the capability of the Wall to safely stop them. This would be rare though if these are just harmless people looking for better lives.

US Congressional Report issued in September of 2006 states that Border Patrol presently is only apprehending 10 to 30 percent of the illegal border traffic across the southern border. That means that 70 to 90 percent are crossing successfully. In 2005, Border Patrol apprehended 1,200,000 illegal crossers and of these 165,000 were Other Than Mexican so the vast majority are Mexican. That means 4,000,000 to 12,000,000 illegal aliens are entering the US every year and 90% of them are Mexican?!?!

We need to demand a Wall of Americans in addition to the Fence.

There are plenty of Americans, able-bodied, intelligent, highly capable that would apply for this work and do a great job protecting our borders bu just being there. Like Bouncers at a Bar. Like a defensive line on a football team. No one gets in. No one gets through the line. No one crosses the border.

PERIOD.

Flow Problem Solved.



Then, we can work on the arduous task of getting those already in out in the most efficient humane manner possible as quickly as possible.

The reason our border security hasn't worked is because it's been like a boat on a lake with a big hole in it filling up with water while we spend less than $12 Billion a year emptying it out with a little cup. You can not keep the boat afloat unti you plug up the hole and then started emptying the water out.

A US Government that is unable to figure something as simple as this out on its own, can't do anything on its own. It is incompetent and dysfunctional.

$90 million for an additional 1,920 bed spaces.

Using my calculator I figured that $90 million for 1,920 beds equals out to $46,875 per bed. How the hell can a sinlge bed space cost $46,875!! For that much we can nearly buy a trailer home for each illegal alien in custody.

Well, I'll tell ya ... WE'RE BEING ROBBED!!

That's why we need to take control of our government; get a Wall of Americans on the Southern Border; stop the flow and then start cleaning this mess out.

Every detainee needs to be shipped out, not "bedded".

With the Wall of Americans .... I can guarantee they would not get back in .. or certainly too few to mention.

The Wall of Americans stops the revolving door so now you can deport successfully and finally whereas now they deport them, they walk right back in 2 weeks or a month later ... or the next day.

If we had a 10 year border program ... or even 5 years ... of this 40,000 person border guard force .... we could complete the majority of the deportations within that same period of time.

Then keep the Wall for another 5 years ... see how it goes and it may be that we can cut it back after 10 years.

But to me that is the only way we will ever stop this flow over the southern border.