Would have to wait for the full solicitation to drop to see what they provide as background or justification. But ICE and CBP really started lobbying for admission in earnest under Trump I.
thedailybeast.com
ICE Wants to Be an Intelligence Agency Under Trump
Immigration enforcers have tried for years to get access to spy agency secrets. Civil libertarians call the prospect ‘frankly terrifying’—and a lot more realistic under Trump.