Thread: NumbersUSA: 287 (g) funds slashed!

The mark also restores programs for which the President proposed no dedicated funding. It provides:
• $50 million for REAL ID grants;

The bill includes $4.8 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $60 million above the request, and mandates that $800 million of this be targeted to identifying dangerous criminal aliens and prioritizing these individuals for removal once an immigration judge orders them deported. The President had proposed no additional dedicated funds for this fundamental priority. To help with this effort to identify and deport aliens convicted of crimes, ICE is also required to give priority to requests by jails, prisons, and correctional institutions when signing agreements to delegate 287(g) immigration enforcement authority.

In addition, the Subcommittee mark requires ICE to cancel contracts with private detention facilities that receive a score below “adequateâ€

What does that mean?
were the funds for 287g slashed or not?

Funds were withheld from the Secure Border Iniative. I think this is the area where 287g funds may come from.

The Subcommittee bill imposes requirements on DHS to manage its programs efficiently and robustly, to ensure that –as the Ranking Member likes to say – they “plan their work and work their plan,â€

Originally Posted by gofer

"The bill includes $4.8 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $60 million above the request, and mandates that $800 million of this be targeted to identifying dangerous criminal aliens and prioritizing these individuals for removal once an immigration judge orders them deported. The President had proposed no additional dedicated funds for this fundamental priority. To help with this effort to identify and deport aliens convicted of crimes, ICE is also required to give priority to requests by jails, prisons, and correctional institutions when signing agreements to delegate 287(g) immigration enforcement authority."

quoted from the Bill

You would have to see the current funding vs. the new funding. Also what do the restrictions mean when signing agreements.

"This bill...mandates that $800 million of this be targeted to identifying dangerous criminal aliens and prioritizing these individuals for removal...."
(Gofer's quote from the bill)

A quote from FAIR's Alert today: "In a speech before the Center for American Progress yesterday Rep. Price (Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee for Homeland Security) announced that he intends to shift $800 million away from workplace enforcement and direct ICE to use the funds to deport criminal aliens instead." So evidentally it's been taken from the workplace enforcement funding just as Price said he would. I don't know what happened to 287(g).

DETENTION AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS: ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

Every year the Department of Homeland Security arrests over 1.6 million aliens. Successful enforcement strategies and the requirement to manage within Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) operational budget have resulted in a situation where the Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) has exceeded its funded bed space level and therefore must apply rigorous criteria to determine which apprehended aliens are detained.

National security and public safety are ICE’s first priorities. ICE detains all aliens who pose a threat to community safety or national security, and those required to be detained under the nation’s immigration laws. In order to address those priorities and restore integrity to the nation’s immigration system, while managing its limited detention space, DRO utilizes alternatives to detention. Those alternatives include release on an Order of Recognizance (ROR), release on bond, release using electronic monitoring devices (EMD) and the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP).

In order to address those aliens who fail to appear in court or fail to depart under the court’s order, ICE has created the National Fugitive Operations Program (NFOP). Designated NFOP Fugitive Operations Teams are strategically deployed around the country to work solely on arresting these immigration fugitives.

Release on an Order of Recognizance: An alien in immigration proceedings is released from detention under certain restrictions. These restrictions include regular reporting to DRO officers and appearing at all immigration court proceedings. ROR is usually used when an alien does not possess the financial resources to post a bond, but do not pose a threat to the community or national security. If the alien fails to appear for their hearing they will be ordered deported and will be subject to mandatory detention when apprehended. [How many do you think actually show up?? 1-100 or 2-1000??]
An appearance bond: A more restrictive alternative than ROR, the alien posts a bond of not less than $1,500 dollars, which the alien forfeits if he or she fails to appear in court as required, or upon any other demand by ICE.


Electronic Monitoring Devices: A new program to ensure compliance with appearance at court and removal orders. Under this program aliens awaiting immigration court hearings or removal wear either a monitoring ankle bracelet or report by telephone to a case manager. Originally available only at specific pilot sites, the EMD program is now being implemented nationwide.


The Intensive Supervision Appearance Program: ISAP is a pilot program that will only be available to aliens who are not subject to mandatory detention; who are pending immigration court proceedings or awaiting removal from the United States; are residing within the managed area; and are not deemed a threat by the Department of Homeland Security. ISAP is a voluntary program and all participants must agree to comply with the conditions of their release. Case specialists are then assigned a limited caseload of participants and are responsible for monitoring those participants in the community by using tools such as electronic monitoring (bracelets), home visits, work visits and reporting by telephone. Case specialists will also assist participants in obtaining pro-bono counsel for their hearings and help them to receive other types of assistance to which they may be entitled. The ISAP pilot has the capacity to supervise approximately 200 aliens in each of nine cities: Baltimore, MD, Delray Beach, FL, Philadelphia, PA, Miami, FL, St. Paul, MN, Denver, CO, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, and Portland, OR.

Its probably too late for all of this info now but sorry I had a couple of appointments i had to keep after I made my calls this morning....but here is the traitors and the Republicans...


Committee member

Democrats

David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chair

John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania

Norman D. Dicks, Washington

Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia

Marcy Kaptur, Ohio

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Nita M. Lowey, New York

José E. Serrano, New York

Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut

James P. Moran, Virginia

John W. Olver, Massachusetts

Ed Pastor, Arizona

David E. Price, North Carolina

Chet Edwards, Texas

Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Alabama

Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island

Maurice D. Hinchey, New York

Lucille Roybal-Allard, California

Sam Farr, California

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan

Allen Boyd, Florida

Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania

Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey

Sanford Bishop, Georgia

Marion Berry, Arkansas

Barbara Lee, California

Tom Udall, New Mexico

Adam Schiff, California

Michael Honda, California

Betty McCollum, Minnesota

Steve Israel, New York

Tim Ryan, Ohio

C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland

Ben Chandler, Kentucky

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida

Ciro Rodriguez, Texas


Republicans

Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member

C.W. Bill Young, Florida

Ralph Regula, Ohio

Harold Rogers, Kentucky

Frank R. Wolf, Virginia

James T. Walsh, New York

David L. Hobson, Ohio

Joe Knollenberg, Michigan

Jack Kingston, Georgia

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

Todd Tiahrt, Kansas

Zach Wamp, Tennessee

Tom Latham, Iowa

Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama

Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri

Kay Granger, Texas

John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania

Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Virginia

Ray LaHood, Illinois

Dave Weldon, Florida

Michael K. Simpson, Idaho

John Abney Culberson, Texas

Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois

Ander Crenshaw, Florida

Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana

John Carter, Texas

Rodney Alexander, Louisiana

Ken Calvert, California

Jo Bonner, Alabama

It is never too late for needed information! Thank you - I will begin working my way down the list of Democrats tomorrow.

alamb wrote:

i just called Rep Price's office and being told that funding has stayed the same for 287 g so no cut as far as enforcement or so-called raids.

NumbersUSA has been playing in this game for some time now. I'll take their word over anything that could possibly come out of Rep. David Price's office.

Just received this email from FAIR:

Federation for American Immigration Reform
June 24, 2008

House Appropriations Committee Rejects ICE Worksite Enforcement
Amendment

This morning, Rep. David Price (D-NC), Chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee for Homeland Security, presented the FY09
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to the House Appropriations
Committee. According to Chairman Price's earlier press release,
the bill mandated that $800 million of the funds allocated to ICE be
used to identify and remove criminal aliens in an effort to
reprioritize ICE's law enforcement activities. This
spending requirement could restrict ICE's ability to fund other
enforcement priorities should the need arise. Additionally, the bill
provided approximately $90.7 million for enforcement which is short of
the President's request of $93 million.

To counter this move, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) offered an
amendment that would shift from a non-enforcement area of the bill
just $2.3 million specifically to help fund ICE's worksite
enforcement efforts. Earlier today, the House Appropriations
Committee rejected Rep. Kingston's amendment in a largely
partisan vote.

In support of his amendment, Rep. Kingston told the committee that:

* Workplace enforcement is important because employment is the
driving force behind illegal immigration. The demand for
fraudulent documents made by illegal aliens creates the thriving
criminal enterprises that make them.
* ICE's Worksite Enforcement arm plays a key role in
fighting against illegal immigration and homeland security,
promotes national security, protects critical infrastructure and
ensures fair labor standards.
* Worksite Enforcement Investigations focus on employers
involved in criminal activity or worker exploitation, including:
*
* The presence of illegal aliens at a business does not
necessarily mean the employer is responsible. Developing
sufficient evidence against employers can take years; therefore,
ICE builds worksite investigations in stages.
* No industry, regardless of size, type or location, is exempt
from complying with the law. These investigations often
find that some of the employers are not paying a living wage,
paying overtime, etc.

Originally Posted by Texas2step

It is never too late for needed information! Thank you - I will begin working my way down the list of Democrats tomorrow.

Your welcome....

Remember the bill I posted on the first page came from U.S. congress web site, this should be how it went into committee so that means it will come out of committee with changes, more than likely. I will watch for a new updated bill and yes Numbers USA should give us an update soon on this bill before it goes to house or senate.