Sen. Risch introduces sweeping border security bill to extend Title 42, resume wall construction

Sen. James Risch is leading senators on a bill that would overhaul operations at the U.S. southern border in response to the looming end of the Title 42 order in May.

Officials have predicted a massive surge of migration at the border when the order drops, and both Republicans and Democrats have previously expressed skepticism about the administration’s claim that it has a plan in place to deal with any surge. The Solving the Border Crisis Act by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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The legislation would require DHS to immediately resume border wall construction, which largely stopped when the Biden administration took office, and bar DHS from canceling prior contracts related to the construction of the project. It would enshrine the Migrant Protection Protocols -- a Trump-era policy that kept migrants in Mexico for the duration of their hearings rather than have them released into the U.S. interior.