Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee announced a border security bill Monday that would require the Biden administration to immediately resume building former President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The legislation also would direct the Border Patrol to add roughly 2,000 more agents to its ranks and would squelch the administration’s attempt to harness a border-crossing phone app into a key tool in President Biden’s new catch-and-release program.
“This legislation demands transparency from DHS and ensures CBP and border states have the infrastructure, personnel, and technology needed to take back control of our sovereign borders,” the Tennessee Republican said. “It’s time to put the cartels in their place and put the protection of our communities first.”
Chief Ortiz has emerged as an unlikely foil to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Where Mr. Mayorkas refuses to call the border chaos a “crisis” and insists the boundary is “secure,” Chief Ortiz has told lawmakers that a majority of his sectors in the Southwest are not currently secure.it was a mistake to stop building the border wall and pleaded for more agents and the ability to deliver “consequences” to unauthorized border crossers.
Mr. Green’s bill also would funnel resources to local authorities who are trying to plug the gaps they say were left by Mr. Biden’s more lenient policies.
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