Posted on 03/11/2025 12:59:01 AM PDT by Libloather
The House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at cracking down on Mexican cartels' use of tunnels underneath the southwestern border to smuggle illegal immigrants and illicit items the U.S.
The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in a 402 to 1 vote – with the lone dissenter being Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Fox News Digital reached out to her office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The bill is led by Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., but enjoys bipartisan support thanks to its lone Democratic co-sponsor, Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif.
It's also backed by six other House Republicans, including Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee's subcommittee on border security.
The legislation, titled the Subterranean Border Defense Act, would direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to submit an annual report to Congress about cartels' use of tunnels and how U.S. law enforcement was looking to combat it.
"Since 1990, officials have discovered more than 140 tunnels that have breached the U.S. border with an 80% increase in tunnel activity occurring since 2008," Crane said during debate on the bill. "With border crossings thankfully going down since January, I think it's safe to assume this will drive threats to our border underground through these tunnels."
Debate on the bill was brief on Monday afternoon, lasting less than 10 minutes. Just Correa and Crane spoke, with no lawmakers rising to oppose the bill.
"I believe this bill is an important step in the right direction," Correa said.
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She is one NASTY, STUPID, UGLY MUSLIM!
I’d like to see her deported. She sure doesn’t belong here.
Glad to hear a report from someone on the ground there.
Of all the things President Trump said in his speech #1 was the “…. All we needed was a new President “, #2”…. How is that working out…”
“ I talk to fiends living near the border.”
Who are those people you talked to? “FIENDS”?! 😖
Tlaib is not simply a misguided fool. She knowingly and willingly serves Satan.
The muslim in favor of tunnels for smuggling across the border.
What a surprise........
That’s GREAT news.
Use ground radar to locate the tunnels, drill, send down a directional charges attached to “snake crawlers”, blow them and look for where the smoke comes out on both ends......
>Another worthless bill
It’s the (R)N(C)\Uniparty (I repeat myself) way!!
“We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately!”
- Gov. William J. Le Petomane (Blazing Saddles)
[They should make this the official (R)N(C) motto, as they’ve dropped ALL pretense vs. their farcical “small govt”]
Useless POS
DEFINITELY! You have to wonder about the people that sent her to DC and let her continue!
“Of course. She probably LOVES the
Hamas terrorist tunnel system, so...”
Well, I suspect there are a lot of US government officials on cartel payrolls. That is how cartels work. This could also be an indication she is one of those.
She’s Palestinian Arab. They like tunnels.
A clear-cut case of undermining.
Exactly...tunnels are part of their support system.
She and AOC are the only two out and out members of the Dem Socialist party.
She is up in Michigan so is clueless about illegals popping up out of the ground in people’s backyards. Wack a mole.
Yeah
She’s Palestinian. They’re experts at building tunnels.
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