Finally. this legislation requires DHS to assess our Nations vulnerability on our northern border and to address how they can be effectively and efficiently resolved. Mr. Speaker. this legislation represents a commonsense step that this Congress can take to deal with problems of alien smuggling. illicit drug running. and illegal immigration. The House has already passed a more comprehensive bill that enjoyed the support of 239 bipartisan Members. But because a broader package of reforms may not be enacted into law this year. our Republican leadership has decided to take the least controversial portions of this broader reform effort and to pass them in pieces that the other body can then take up and pass.
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