The Biden administration released its proposed budget for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025 last month. Coming in at nearly $108 billion, the budget funds numerous aspects of the department’s efforts to secure the homeland.
However, when it comes to resolving the unprecedented border crisis DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the Biden administration have created, the proposal falls woefully short—an important fact to remember as the secretary appears before the House Committee on Homeland Security this week to defend it.
First, consider the massive cuts it proposes for some of the most important components of DHS law enforcement. Despite aggressive messaging from the secretary and the White House about the need for “more resources,” this budget cuts more than $1.4 billion from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) compared with what
