The Trump administration has prioritized hiring at the Homeland Security Department, but at one DHS component administration officials and Republican lawmakers are looking to roll back the ambitious goals previously laid out by President Obama.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday was expected to approve a DHS spending bill that would provide $100 million for the Border Patrol to hire 500 new agents and $186.5 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to boost its ranks by 1,000 officers next year. Trump prioritized staff augmentation at both agencies in early executive orders and in his fiscal 2018 budget proposal. The spending bill did not, however, propose any hiring surge for Customs and Border Protection officers staffing ports of entry.
