Cruz leads Senate push for House-passed bill to overhaul border security, tackle migrant crisis
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Sen. Ted Cruz is leading the push in the Senate to pass a version of the House's signature border security and asylum reform as a solution to the ongoing migrant crisis.
The bill marks the Republican’s version of a comprehensive immigration plan to solve the ongoing crisis at the southern border, which is now into its third year and where there appears to be little common ground between the two party’s lawmakers. Secure the Border Act (Senate) by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The bill would restart border wall construction, requiring no fewer than 900 miles, and significantly increase the number of Border Patrol agents to no fewer than 22,000 while also mandating DNA and biometric collection of migrants.