The House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at taking strict measures to use the Mexican Cartitals for Tunnels under The southwestern border To smuggle illegal immigrants and illegal elements of the United States
The draft law was passed with the support of the overwhelming parties in a vote 402 to 1- with the only deputy who was MP Rashida Tleb, De Mitch. Fox News Digital has communicated to her office for comment, but she did not hear immediately.
The draft law is led by MP Eli Crane, R-Ariz. And it has the support of the two parties thanks to its only democratic sponsorship, MP Le Korea, D-Calif.
Representative Rashida Talb, De Mish, is the only legislator who voted against the bill. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
It is also supported by six other Republicans in the House of Representatives, including MP Michael Dhaif, R-Miss. , Chairman of the Sub -Committee, Internal Security Committee in the House of Representatives, on border security.
The legislation, titled underground border defense law, will direct the protection of the American customs and borders (CBP) to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of cartals of tunnels and how American law enforcement is looking to fight it.
Representative Eli Creen participated in leading the bill and spoke in favor of him on the ground. (Getty Images)
“Since 1990, officials have discovered more than 140 tunnels that have violated the American border, an increase of 80 % in the tunnel activity since 2008,” Crane said during the discussion on the draft law. “with Border crossings Fortunately, since January, I think it is safe to assume that this will lead to threats to our underground borders through these tunnels. “
The debate on the draft law was brief on Monday afternoon, as it lasted less than 10 minutes. Korea and Crave spoke, without lawmakers to oppose the bill.
“I think this law is an important step in the right direction,” said Korea.
He said that if the legislation is approved “it will improve the efforts of Congress to confront the illegal tunnels across the border and hold bad actors accountable.”
Mexceptional Trash is travel 10, ((Photo by Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images))
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It is a rare offer to excite a day House of RepresentativesWith a lever known as one of the most conservative members in the House of Representatives.
The leaders of the House of Representatives held the vote under the suspension of the bases, which means that the legislation was quickly followed up to a final home level in exchange for raising the threshold to pass from a simple majority to two -thirds.
This is what the Republican Party leaders in the House of Representatives have done for decisive legislation, which is expected to receive wide support from the two parties.
