ICE and Border Patrol are set to run out of money if Congress doesn’t approve a $3.7 billion request for emergency funds from President Obama, the Arizona Republic reports.
ICE expects to run out of money by mid-August, while Border Patrol said it could be penniless by mid-September.
Both agencies blame the border crisis on the funding shortage.
The new budget year begins Oct. 1.
“Doing nothing is not an option,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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