Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act
Border Security: Increasing Inspections of Vehicles Entering Mexico
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- This bill aims to stop illegal guns and cash from flowing from the U.S. into Mexico, which helps fund cartels. It requires the government to inspect at least 10% of all vehicles crossing the southern border into Mexico by March 30, 2027.
- The plan includes buying 50 new high-tech scanning machines that can see through vehicles without opening them. It also calls for hiring 200 new special agents to focus on stopping the smuggling of weapons, money, drugs, and people.
- The Department of Homeland Security would be required to send reports to Congress every three months showing how many guns and how much money they have seized. They must also look into whether they can eventually increase inspections to 20% of all southbound traffic.
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Milestones
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act
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