What we're seeing now is not only a humanitarian crisis, but also an unsustainable long term one of having a dire impact in our border communities. In terms of the humanitarian impact of this crisis, I see in your budget request you requesting an 84% increase in targeted funding to address irregular migration. So knowing that USAID's request related to migration efforts is based, or at least partly in this case, on the assumption of how many migrants the administration expects to migrate, what kind of numbers are anticipated this year? (01:20–01:28)
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