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Senators Introduce Bill To Boost Screening Of Outbound Vehicles On Southern Border

Senators Introduce Bill To Boost Screening Of Outbound Vehicles On Southern Border
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)

Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Monday introduced a bill authorizing Customs and Border Protection to increase the number of vehicles being screened as they leave the U.S. for Mexico to stem the flow of guns and money that help fuel drug cartel operations. The Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act (S. 1897) calls for providing 50 more non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems for southbound inspections. CBP is already preparing to significantly increase deployments of NII systems…

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