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Post by bot on Jul 7, 2014 18:01:19 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama will formally ask Congress on Tuesday for more funding to secure the border with Mexico, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday. White House officials have said in media reports that the funding request is likely to be for $2 billion. There has been a steady stream of children from Central America crossing the border illegally this year. The funds are needed to pay for more immigration judges and asylum officials to process the backlog of cases. "There is a view that is shared among both Democrats and Republicans that there is work that we can do to continue to secure the borders. And processing these cases through the immigration system is a part of that," he said. Earnest said the supplemental would request funding for "some other things" but did not provide specifics.
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