Fox’s first appearance: House Republicans have introduced a bill that would allow states to secure their borders by building temporary border barriers along their southern and northern borders to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country.
Congressman David Rouser (RN.C.) is introducing the Container Act in the House of Representatives. The bill aims to give states the power to erect temporary barriers on federal land to stop illegal immigrants and drugs like fentanyl from entering the country. It passes through the state via the U.S.-Mexico border.
The bill counters legal battles that have gripped Arizona and Texas over efforts to secure the border with new barriers after border wall construction largely halted with President Donald Trump’s departure. It is something.
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Concertina wire lines a road as members of Congress tour areas near the Texas-Mexico border on January 3, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
In 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) double-stacked hundreds of shipping containers across the border to deter illegal immigration as the number of illegal immigrants in the state increased. In 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott installed wrecking ball-sized buoys and razor wire along the Rio Grande as part of Operation Lone Star.
Arizona’s barrier has since been removed. In December, a judge ordered Texas to remove buoys on the Rio Grande, sparking an ongoing legal battle between Texas and the Biden administration after Texas sued the federal government for cutting power lines. .
“The Biden administration has not only failed to enforce the law and secure our borders, but also prevented border states from taking stronger border security measures,” Rauser said in a statement. “There is no community where these policies are fueling drug, sex trafficking, and crime while allowing cartels to flourish.This bill would allow border states to protect not just their own citizens, but all of America, from President Biden’s It would give them a clear ability to erect physical barriers to protect them from attack.” A devastating open border policy. ”
Co-sponsors of the bill include House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Representative August Pflueger (R-Texas).
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Aerial view of shipping containers being installed to fill gaps in the unfinished wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
“States like my home state of Texas have the right to protect their borders even when the White House refuses to protect them,” Pflueger said.
The legislation was previously introduced in the Senate by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who said last month that Congress would “give border states clear powers to protect local communities and U.S. sovereignty.” It is clear that we must act.”
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Republicans have repeatedly called for border barrier construction as one way to secure the southern border. The border bill passed by House Republicans last year would restart construction of the border wall. But it has not yet been taken up in the Senate.
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The Biden administration has largely halted construction of the border wall, claiming it is ineffective. Some construction continues where funds were already appropriated by Congress in the previous fiscal year. He also called on Republicans to support a bipartisan Senate border bill that includes funding for border wall construction. But conservatives warn the bill will normalize already high levels of illegal immigration.
