Enhanced Border Inspections to Combat Cartels: Targeting Outbound Smuggling
This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance capabilities for outbound inspections at the southern land border. It mandates the hiring of new personnel and the procurement of equipment to inspect persons and conveyances traveling from the United States to Mexico. By March 2027, the Secretary must ensure, to the extent practicable, that at least 10% of all conveyances leaving the U.S. for Mexico are inspected.
Key points
Hiring of not fewer than 500 new CBP officers and not fewer than 200 HSI special agents for southbound-related operations.
Authorization to purchase up to 50 additional non-intrusive imaging systems for inspecting persons and conveyances traveling from the U.S. to Mexico.
Requirement to ensure, to the extent practicable, inspection of at least 10% of all conveyances traveling to Mexico by March 30, 2027.
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