{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/07/29/higgins-gop-colleagues-introduce-bill-secure-americas-borders/", "Higgins, GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Secure America\u2019s Borders", "2021-07-29", "2021", "2021-07", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Border Subcommittee, joined other Republican colleagues today to introduce the Border Security for America Act of 2021. The bill comes in response to the ongoing and worsening crisis at our southwest border.\n\nIn FY 2021, southwest border encounters reached the highest level in 21 years and the numbers continue to rise. Illegal crossings along the southwest border have reached over 1.1 million this year \u2013 up 362% from the same time frame last year. That number also fails to reflect the rising number of getaways who evade Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agents.\n\nThe Border Security for America Act of 2021 would:\n\nRequire the Secretary of Homeland Security to resume construction on the border wall system immediately.\n\nDirect the Secretary of Homeland Security to deploy practical and effective technology to support CBP and Border Patrol operations.\n\nRequire the CBP Commissioner to hire and train additional CBP officers and agents to maintain an active-duty presence at all U.S. ports of entry.\n\nRequire increasing the number of officers for tunnel detection and remediation, agricultural specialists, K-9 units, and supporting officers.\n\nRead the bill here.\n\nDownload a fact sheet on the bill here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/07/29/higgins-gop-colleagues-introduce-bill-secure-americas-borders/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.856615137308836, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}