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From Fox News: The House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at cracking down on Mexican cartels’ use of tunnels underneath the southwestern border to smuggle illegal immigrants and illicit items the U.S.
The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in a 402 to 1 vote – with the lone dissenter being Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Fox News Digital reached out to her office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The bill is led by Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., but enjoys bipartisan support thanks to its lone Democratic co-sponsor, Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif.
The report explains that the legislation, titled the Subterranean Border Defense Act, would direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to submit an annual report to Congress about cartels’ use of tunnels and how U.S. law enforcement was looking to combat it.
During debate on the bill, Crane explained that “since 1990, officials have discovered more than 140 tunnels that have breached the U.S. border with an 80% increase in tunnel activity occurring since 2008.”
He also noted that, since border crossings are now going down, the use of the tunnels will very likely increase.
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, not a single congress member voiced any objection to the bill during the debate period, which only lasted about 10 minutes.
It would have passed in a completely unanimous vote, had it not been for Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) being the lone holdout to vote against it.
The bill now heads to the Senate.
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