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  House Appropriations for 2014 Homeland Security Budget Exposes Beltway Hypocrisy As Congress Seeks Immigration Reform, DHS Budgets for Increased Detention   05.22.2013 - Washington, DC The day after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the "Gang of 8" immigration reform proposal to move to the Senate floor, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Department of Homeland Security 2104 budget which included an increase in funding for the Secure Communities deportation program and additional detention center beds and a decrease in civil rights oversight.    Pablo Alvarado, the Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, issued the following statement:  …