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This bill aims to enhance border security and immigration enforcement. Key provisions include: - Immediate resumption of border wall construction, with a plan to complete 200 miles of wall and associated infrastructure by September 2027. - Strengthening requirements for physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and technology along the southern border to achieve situational awareness and operational control. - Establishing a strategic 5-year technology investment plan to address security risks and capability gaps at and between ports of entry. - Increasing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) staffing levels to 22,000 Border Patrol agents and ensuring CBP personnel have necessary equipment and support. - Reforming the asylum process, including requiring asylum applicants to transit through and apply for asylum in at least one other country before reaching the U.S., increasing application fees, and limiting employment authorization. - Enhancing immigration enforcement and legal workforce verification requirements for employers. - Establishing new procedures for the repatriation of unaccompanied alien children and preventing uncontrolled migration flows in the Western Hemisphere. Overall, the bill aims to strengthen border security, reduce illegal immigration, and reform the asylum and immigration systems.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2/all-info