Department of Homeland Security officials are raising money to upgrade facilities at American ports of entry.

“Through these donations CBP will ultimately be able to provide new and additional services at our ports of entry across the country,” said Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said of the program. “These donations allow us to better support the growing volumes of trade and travel that are vital to our economy.”

The Center for Immigration Studies noted that the upgrades are necessary. “Many of our land ports of entry are outmoded, deteriorating, and/or insecure; there are major environmental problems, like what do you do about all that carbon monoxide being generated by all those autos waiting to be inspected, particularly at the southern border,” David North wrote Tuesday. “So, the administration is right, there are ‘infrastructure needs.’ But isn’t that what tax funds are for?”