Show Me the Money

Here's the moneyball for the The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

From the official Senate version. Just follow the $ with CTLR F.

\$440,000,000 to staff up for immigration judges including
- attorneys,

paralegals,
court administrators, and
other support staff
law clerks,
Fine print: expires September 30. 2024 (end of the next fiscal year)
Aside: Assuming an average fully loaded direct and indirect salary and G&A costs of $100,000, this translates to a headcount of as many as 4,400, which should be enough to keep up with current workload and possibly work down some of the backlog depending on how quickly the Exxon Valez_ can be turned away from the shoals.

\$36,000,000 for legal representation of incompetent immigrants
- Fine print: limited to 3% of some other authorized amount
- division between toddlers (did you know that two-and three-year old unaccompanied minors have been deported after hearings in which they appeared pro per?) and the adult infirm

\$11,800,000 for immigration related criminal prosecution

Under the same assumptions, a headcount of 118 attorneys and staff, probably fewer

\$210,000,000 for prisoner detention

Available until expeneded
Under the relaxed estimate of room, board and security of \$100/detainee/day, that would be enough to take care of about 5750 immigrants for a year except, it's really only $6 million, or about 165 immigrants for a year because
$204,000,000 is to be used for DNA sampling by the FBI
- Assuming $100/sample, that would test about 2 million entrants

\$23,000,000 to DEA for fentanyl testing

Until September 26, 2026

\$33,000,000 to DHS for data analysis and reporting

Until September 30, 2026
Under an assumption of fully-loaded salary costs of \$75,000, 440 positions

\$6,008,479,000 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support

Until September 30, 2026
\$3,860,363,000 shall be for
- operational requirements relating to migration surges along 12 the southwest border,
- counter-fentanyl activities,
- necessary expenses at ports of entry,
- reimbursement to the Department of Defense for border operations support
- ,other related expenses,
- available until September 30, 2024

\$584,116,000 for new U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, about 500

at fully loaded costs of $100,000 equals about 600 positions
\$139,000,000 shall be for overtime costs for U.S. Border Patrol
- That's a lot of overtime—enough to pay 600+ agents for 8 hr/day at an assumed rate of \$70/hour
\$25,000,000 shall be for familial DNA testing
- Unclear exactly what this is
- Enough for 250,000 DNA tests at $100/each
\$1,400,000,000 to FEMA for sheltering and related activities by non-Federal entities

\$784,400,000 for Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements

Available until September 30, 2026
\$424,500,000 for "non-intrusive inspection" (e.g. passive ground sensors or cameras, perhaps)
- \$260,000,000 for tech acqusition
- \$74,000,0o0 for air assets (e.g., drones)

\$7,600,833,000 for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’

Available until September 30, 2026
\$3,230,648,000 for increased custodial detention capacity
\$2,548,401,000 for deportation flights
\534,682,000 new hires
\$1,287,102,000 for increased enrollment capabilities and related activities within the Alternatives to Detention Program

\$100,000,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance

Available until September 30, 2025
At least \$25,000,000 to non-border states

\$6,008,479,000 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support

\$3,860,363,000 shall be for operational requirements relating to
- migration surges along the southwest border,
- counter-fentanyl activities,
- necessary expenses at ports of entry,
- reimbursement to the Department of Defense for border operations support
- ,other related expenses,
\$3,148,262,000 available until September 30, 2024
\$584,116,000 for the hiring of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel
\$139,000,000 shall be for overtime costs for U.S. Border Patrol
\$25,000,000 shall be for familial DNA testing
\$1,400,000,000 shall be transferred to 21 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to support sheltering and related activities provided by non-Federal entities through the Shelter and Services Program

\$3,995,842,000 for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations and Support

Until September 30, 2026
\$3,383,262,000 for hiring and associated costs (as many as about 33,000 FTE based on $100K ea.)
\$112,580,000 shall be for non-personnel operations, including transcription services
\$500,000,000 for facilities

\$50,703,000 for Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers—Operations and Support

Available until September 30, 2026
\$49,603,000 for instructors, tuition, and overhead costs associated with the delivery of basic law enforcement training
$1,100,000 for necessary mission support activities and facility maintenance

\$6,000,000 for ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Construction, and improvements

available until September 30, 2026

\$170,000,000 for the procurement and deployment of autonomous surveillance towers systems in locations that are not currently covered by such systems or technology

\$47,500,000 for the procurement and deployment of mobile surveillance capabilities, including mobile video surveillance systems and for obsolete mobile surveillance equipment replacement, counter-UAS, and small unmanned aerial systems

\$25,000,000 for subterranean detection capabilities

\$7,500,000 for seamless integrated communications to extend connectivity for Border Patrol agents

\$10,000,000 for the acquisition of data from long duration unmanned surface vehicles in support of maritime border security

Some amounts are conditioned on various reports and certifications such as

the ability to detain 46,500 individuals and has increased the total number of Enforcement and Removal Operations deportation officers by 200 above the current on board levels as of the date of enactment of this Act

\$850,000,000, to address humanitarian needs in the Western Hemisphere,