Identical versions of a border security bill were introduced in the House and Senate yesterday by several Republicans that want the Department of Homeland Security to produce new metrics to more effectively gauge how secure the nation’s international borders are more while also developing a strategy and accompanying implementation plan for gaining and maintaining border security. The Border Security Results Act of 2013 would also compel DHS to create a technology plan justifying what technology would go where, why certain…
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