“The shutdown would really, really devastate everything.'
ith the threat of a U.S. government shutdown looming at the end of the month, local officials in border towns are worried that staff shortages among federal workers would make it harder to stop criminal activity and process an influx of migrants. Victor Treviño,Laredo, Tex., foresees a “catastrophic situation” if House Republicans are unable to agree on a spending plan.
As the Sept. 30 spending deadline approaches, a government shutdown is increasingly likely. Congress is yet to pass any of the 12 appropriations bills that need to be signed into law to keep the government running asSeveral House Republicans have threatened to block a stopgap bill to keep the government funded unless it includes a security crackdown along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Yet if Republicans push border security measures that Democrats refuse to fund, a government shutdown could exacerbate the worsening border situation. Rep.
in Laredo, which he says processes approximately 1,000 people per day. “All these migrants could wind up in the streets,” he says. “They have small children, there’s families, we can’t just turn a blind eye to that.” Depending on how long the shutdown takes—and how long officers can forgo their paychecks—the local processing capacity could come to a halt, he says. “People need to feed their family; they need to pay their bills.
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