Bipartisan bill would demand DHS establish plan to counter border surges, create $1B fund
Reps. John Katko, R-NY, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, introduced the Border Surge Response and Resilience Act
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
As the border crisis continues to roil the Biden administration, a bipartisan bill introduced on Thursday would demand the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) come up with a plan to deal with migrant surges -- and create a $1 billion fund to allow it to quickly respond.
The Border Surge Response and Resilience Act, introduced by Reps. John Katko, R-N.Y., and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, would require the agency to put in place a plan to "respond to irregular migration surges at the border."
The bill would also create an "irregular migration surge border response fund," by which supplemental funding would be activated by metrics related to the border. The initial pot would be for $1 billion and would be topped up each year depending on how much had been spent the previous year.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-bill-dhs-plan-counter-border-surges-1b-fund
