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House Dems Developing New Homeland Security Bill to Include Coast Guard’s Icebreaker

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House Dems Developing New Homeland Security Bill to Include Coast Guard’s Icebreaker
As part of infrastructure reinforcement under Operation Secure Line, members of the U.S. Army 104th Engineer Construction Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade install concertina wire on the border wall east of the Port of Nogales, AZ, Deconcini Crossing, on November 28, 2018. (Photo: Customs and Border Patrol)

House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on a new legislative proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security that would include technological improvements at critical points of entry as well as the Coast Guard’s new heavy icebreaker, House appropriators said Jan. 30. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) said the forthcoming proposal would fund various “smart technologies” that would provide security without physical barriers during a Wednesday meeting of bipartisan congressional conferees to negotiate Homeland…

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