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Border Security Bills Introduced In House

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 28th, 2017

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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Friday 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.Separately, Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), a member of McCaul’s committee, introduced a bipartisan bill last Thursday that emphasizes technology for border security along the U.S. border…

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