The House of Representatives passed the Subterranean Border Defense Act ( H. R. 495 ) which will require an annual report given to Congress on cross-border cartel smuggling tunnels. The report to Congress will be required from U. S. Customs and Border Protection on the steps and actions by organizations relating to their caves used for individual and drug trafficking, as well as what actions have been taken by U. S. officials to prevent them.
The bill passed the House Monday with a ballot of 402-1. The second no voting came from none other than Pro-Palestinian’ Squad ‘ part, Democrat Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. ” I thought for sure everyone was gonna vote yes on my bill this evening”, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ ) posted on X following the vote. “402-1 is also very solid though”.
Two Democrats co-sponsored the act, including Luis Correa of California, who likewise spoke on the act, saying,” I believe this act is an important step in the right direction”. The next Democrat co-sponsor is Representative Laura Gillen of New York’s 4th District. The bill then moves to the Senate for attention.
” Since 1990, authorities have discovered , more than 140 caves that have breached the frontier, with an 80 % increase in hole engagement since 2008″, Crane said on the House floor. ” As transnational criminal companies continue to grow in both size and sophistication, illegal cross-border caves along the west boundary of the United States represent a significant and growing threat to national security”.
Breitbart News reports that” no one spoke against the costs. In a rare bipartisan time, 194 Democrats joined 208 Republicans in voting for the costs. The undervote came as ten Democrats and 19 Liberals abstained from voting. Tlaib cast the single ‘ Nay”.
Breitbart even published the people who are listed as co-sponsors of the costs:
- Correa, J. Luis]D-CA-46]
- Biggs, Andy]R-AZ-5]
- Gosar, Paul A. ]R-AZ-9]
- Harrison, Clay]R-LA-3]
- Luttrell, Morgan]R-TX-8]
- Leers, Andrew]R-TN-5]
- Guest, Michael]R-MS-3]
- Gillen, Laura]D-NY-4]
