Mr. President. this amendment I have offered would appropriate $3 billion in emergency spending for border security operations. It is virtually the same amendment we had on the DHS appropriations bill. The amendment will allow purchases to be made for unmanned aerial vehicles. ground sensors. and vehicle barriers. It provides funding for the construction of 700 miles of fencing. It would establish operational control over all of our borders. It provides funding to obtain more bed space to detain immigrants for overstaying their visas. and it provides funding for States and localities that undergo training to assist the Federal Government in enforcing immigration law. There has been a veto threat on the DHS bill. I am hoping that this amendment. which passed 89 to 1a similar version of it on the DHS appropriations billwill find its way on this legislation. which I hope will get signed into law by the President.
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