Immigration has been a controversial political subject for years, and the latest focus is on immigrant children crossing the border from Central America. 

President Barack Obama has requested $3.7 billion to address the situation and provide for immediate needs, such as food and water, and long-range needs, such as judicial processing and manpower demands.

In a July 10 interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) expressed skepticism about the request and said this:

"I'm not going to vote to approve $3.7 billion for the president to hire more lawyers and to squander in a way that he has designed.  There is nothing in this that actually secures the border, and until we stop the bleeding at the border, we are not going to solve this problem."

PolitiFact looked into King's claim that Obama's immigration plan has no border security measures, and reporter Joshua Gillin says it rates MOSTLY FALSE.

"We took a look at the financial breakdown of the request," Gillin said. "There are monies dedicated to things like expanding the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program, increasing air surveillance along the Rio Grande region and expansion of immigration and customs investigations and enforcement. Those three things alone total $177 million."

Gillin notes that $177 million is just under 5 percent of the $3.7 billion that has been requested. Almost 49 percent of the requested money is tagged to go for what the administration calls "basic necessities," including food and shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children.

PolitiFact notes that Gillin "has a point" that a lot of money would go toward lawyers and legal services. But it's not everything.

Rep. King said "nothing" was in the request that would "secure the border." In fact, the request does allocate monies to border security programs, albeit 5 percent, so PolitiFact rated King's claim rates MOSTLY FALSE.

SOURCES: BORDER SECURITY BUDGET REQUEST