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This bill, titled the "Securing our Border Act," proposes several key measures to enhance border security and immigration enforcement. The legislation aims to reprogram unobligated funds from the IRS enforcement account to support border-related activities, including allocating one-third of these funds to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for nonintrusive inspection systems to achieve 100% scanning at northern and southwestern border land ports of entry by 2034, and two-thirds of the funds for border wall construction along the southwest international border. The bill also introduces a comprehensive set of provisions to support CBP staffing, including recruitment bonuses up to $15,000 for new agents, annual retention bonuses up to 15% of basic pay, and relocation bonuses up to 15% of annual basic pay. Additionally, the bill modifies immigration procedures by changing how aliens arriving from contiguous territories are processed, requiring them to either be returned to their originating territory or a safe third country, or be detained for further asylum consideration. The legislation is motivated by several findings, including high numbers of border encounters (over 2.1 million in fiscal year 2024), significant drug seizures, and concerns about border security and illegal immigration.

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