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Border Security Bills Introduced in House, Senate

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

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House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) in late July introduced a border security bill that targets billions of dollars in funding for physical barriers and to strengthen security at the nation’s ports of entry, but also calls for specific technology deployments at various sectors along the northern and southern borders of the United States.McCaul’s bill followed the introduction of a separate border security bill in the House, this one a bipartisan measure from Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) that…

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