Obama Signs Border Security Bill

As an update to prior blog posts, President Obama signed the $600 million emergency border security bill into law on 08/13/2010. 

The bill includes additional funding for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) totaling $254 million, additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) totaling $80 million, and additional funding for border security fencing, infrastructure and technology totaling $14 million.  The bill also includes $32 million to acquire and deploy unmanned aircraft systems and $6 million to construct two (2) operating bases for use by CBP to carry out enforcement activities.  In addition, the bill allocates $196 million to the Department of Justice for border security efforts and $10 million to Courts of Appeals and District Courts for the increased workload that will arise as a result of the increased security.

Please note that the bill also raises filing and fraud prevention and detection fees for L visas by $2,250.  It also raises the fees for H-1B visas by $2,000 for applicants who have more than 50 employees in the U.S. if more than 50 percent of their employees are on L or H-1B visas.

Tags: border security, CBP, H.R. 6080, ICE, Obama
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