Trump to demand more money for border

President Trump will send Congress a supplemental budget request this week demanding more money to secure the border amid the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis, the acting Homeland Security secretary told Congress on Tuesday, setting up a massive battle with Democrats.

Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan said the money will be just one part. The president will also send a legislative package asking for changes to the law to allow for faster deportations of illegal immigrants, closing loopholes that migrants are exploiting to gain an illegal foothold in the U.S.

“We will need additional funding even sooner,” Mr. McAleenan told the House Homeland Security Committee.

He said the money request will improve the facilities that Customs and Border Protection has at the border.

Those facilities were designed in the 1990s when the flow of people was chiefly Mexican men, who could be processed and returned to Mexico within hours of their capture.