judges, Board of Immigration Appeals staff attorneys, and support staff hired under the authority of this section shall prioritize asylum applications that are filed by Asylum Applicants. (f) Funding There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 a total of $563,000,000 to carry out this section. 3103. Increasing the number of available Department of Homeland Security employees (a) Increase in asylum processors The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the total number of Department personnel to that are responsible for processing asylum applications filed by Asylum Applicants by 200. There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. (b) Increase in Border Patrol agents The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the number of United States Border Patrol agents by 2,000. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 a total of $211,000,000 to carry out this subsection. (c) Increase in ICE personnel The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the total number of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel by 750. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 a total of $571,000,000 to carry out this subsection. (d) Increase in immigration detention capacity The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the immigration detention capacity to a daily immigration detention capacity of not less than 52,000 detention beds. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 a total of $4,200,000,000 to carry out the preceding sentence and for additional detention personnel, transportation of detained aliens, and detention alternatives. (e) General provisions (1) In general Positions authorized before the date of the enactment of this Act, and any existing officer vacancies within the Department of Homeland Security on such date, shall not count towards the increases