The Women’s Refugee Commission and partner organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget requesting it consider the following recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2024 White House budget:

1. Decrease funding for detention and surveillance of immigrants while increasing funding for community-based case management;
2. Provide legal representation for all indigent immigrants facing removal, including children, adults and families;
3. Decrease the size of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol (USBP) agent corps and reduce funding for border surveillance programs;
4. Provide U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adequate funding to reduce its growing backlog and ensure a fair and efficient immigration and asylum system;
5. Increase existing funding and develop new funding streams for communities and nonprofit organizations that form an essential component of the United States’ ability to respond to new asylum seekers and refugees; and
6. Ensure separated families successfully reunify by allocating funds for the provision of comprehensive and holistic services.