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Obama wants $3.7B for border crisis

President Obama asked Congress for an emergency $3.7 billion to contain the surge of Central American immigrants crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico.

By Roger Runningen, Margaret Talev | Updated on July 08, 2014
President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, talks about immigration reform last month in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

(Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama asked Congress for an emergency $3.7 billion to contain the surge of Central American immigrants, many of them unaccompanied children, crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico.

The money would increase detainment and court capacity to speed decisions, while expanding law enforcement and prosecution of the criminal networks that smuggle people over the border. The administration would also improve the temporary housing and care for immigrants while their cases are judged.

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