Lawmakers introduce raft of border security bills
Border security continues to be a hot political issue, and lawmakers of both houses and both parties introduce a raft of new border security-related bills; the bills range from a measure to establish health care services along the U.S.-Mexico border to a proposal to educate border patrol agents about child trafficking to a bill calling for compensation to border counties for high level of undocumented aliens relying on county services
Border security continues to be a hot political issue, and lawmakers of both houses and both parties introduce a raft of new border security-related bills. Security Management reports that the bills range from a measure to establish health care services along the U.S.-Mexico border to a proposal to educate border patrol agents about child trafficking to a bill calling for compensation to border counties for high level of undocumented aliens relying on county services. Here is a sample:
- Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) introduced legislation (S. 1257) to extend funding for the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission and fund health care services along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.
- Effective border security operations involves the establishment of procedures for different scenarios. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-California) introduced (H.R. 2235) the Child Trafficking Victim Protection Act to provide care guidelines for victims of child trafficking and females in custody of immigration.
- Sheriffs in counties on the border are increasingly responsible for playing a role in border enforcement. Representative John Carter (R-Texas) introduced a bill (H.R. 2227) that would help compensate these counties for their “unique economic burden” as a result of a high level of undocumented illegal activity.
