Bill > HR9200

This bill, titled the "Secure the Border Act of 2026," introduces sweeping legislative measures aimed at enhancing United States border security, reforming the asylum and immigration systems, expanding detention capabilities, and mandating electronic employment eligibility verification nationwide. Specifically, the legislation requires the immediate resumption of border wall construction along the U.S.–Mexico border, increases U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel, mandates minimum annual flight hours for air and marine operations, and restricts federal funding to non-governmental organizations that facilitate unlawful immigration or transport inadmissible aliens. Additionally, the bill overhauls current asylum laws by restricting eligibility for individuals who transit through a third country without first seeking protection there, raising the standard for credible fear interviews, and narrowing the definition of a "particular social group." It also mandates the return of certain arriving aliens to contiguous foreign territories like Mexico while their cases are pending, reopens and restores several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, and phases in a mandatory electronic verification system—commonly referred to as E-Verify—for all employers to check the work authorization of new hires, replacing current verification protocols and imposing significantly harsher civil and criminal penalties for illegal employment and visa overstays.