The House Homeland Security Committee meets tomorrow to mark up (draft and vote on) H.R. 3548, the “Border Security for America Act of 2017.” It calls for $14 billion in new border-security spending, mostly at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The legislation might not go anywhere, but it’s still teachable. It includes a few items that are worth support, though much of it is terrible.
Here’s a summary table of those items. But read the whole thing at WOLA’s website.