As negotiations over funding the federal government and border wall continue into another week, the administration has stepped up its circulation of exactly what it wants.
Topping the list is enough money to pay for 234 miles of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
It also includes funding for a small army of border personnel.
The list so far:
- $5.7 billion for 234 miles of a new physical barrier like steel.
- $563 million for 75 more immigration judges and staff to work on hundreds of thousands of cases backlogged in courts.
- $571 million for 2,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
- $211 million to hire 750 additional Border Patrol agents.
- $4.2 billion to support 52,000 detention beds used to house illegal immigrants.
- $800 million to care for those in custody, including medical support, transportation, and temporary housing and medical facilities.
- $675 million for inspection technology at southern ports of entry.
