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Border patrol Sequestration. By Aldo Figueroa. What is sequestration?. The action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met (Budget Cuts).
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Border patrol Sequestration By Aldo Figueroa
What is sequestration? • The action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met (Budget Cuts). • Budget cuts are reducing funding for programs ranging from Head Start and Meals on Wheels to the Department of Defense. • Schools on military bases • Food Pantries • Farmers • Federal Courts • Public Broadcasting Transmitters • Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) • Luxuries Cruises
How does this affect the CBp agents • CBP stands to lose $512 million in fiscal year (OMB, 2013). • Sequestration has removed 5,000 agents off the line. • It has cost each agent $7,000 a year. • 10-14 hours shifts have been deduced to 8 hour shifts. 87% 6.4%
How it affects us • Traveling • Parks being closed • People getting laid off • Prices going up • sequestration would reduce staffing at U.S. points of entry and airports security checkpoints, increasing wait times for travelers and slowing commerce across the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryYpavthA7w • http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration
References • Hicks, J. (2013, May 20). Sequester furloughs avoided for Customs and Border • Seper, J. (2013, April 1). Border Patrol agents dodge sequestration, avoid furloughs, pay cuts - Washington Times • Darby, B. (2013, September 24). Source: Illegal Aliens from Mexico Increasing Assaults on Border Patrol Agents • Trevizo, P. (2013, May 30). Border Patrol still facing furlough, OT questions. • (2013, March 8). Customs and Border Protection Sends Out Furlough Notices Following Sequester | Fox News Latino • Berman, J. (2013, April 3). Sequester-related CBP cuts are on hold, says report - Article from Logistics Management. • Seyfarth, S. (2013, May 1). Effects of sequestration: CBP releases info on effects on border, traveler programs.