House Republicans Unveil Bill to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement

House Republicans on May 2 introduced a wide-ranging bill that will strengthen enforcement of immigration laws along the U.S.–Mexico border.
H.R. 2, dubbed the “Secure Border Act of 2023,” was put forward by Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.).
“The crisis at our Southern border is among the gravest threats to U.S. national security in our history,” Diaz-Balart said in a statement on the bill. “For the last two years, President [Joe] Biden and his Administration have entirely neglected the escalating crisis at our border, and their lack of action has ceded all control to narco-terrorist cartels, who are now among the most powerful in deciding who comes into our country and at what price.”…}