To establish a Department of Homeland Security integrated border intelligence analytical cell and Joint Task Force to combat transnational criminal organizations exploiting migration surges, strengthen cross-border partnerships, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 13, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill establishes new intelligence and enforcement structures within the Department of Homeland Security to address human smuggling and trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. It creates a dedicated intelligence unit within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to track migrant surges and identify criminal organizations exploiting migrants, and requires DHS to establish a Joint Task Force within 180 days to conduct operations specifically targeting human trafficking and smuggling networks. The legislation affects DHS officials, law enforcement agencies, and the countries of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, as it requires DHS to expand cross-border partnerships and collaborative investigative efforts with these nations. The bill requires the Joint Task Force director to submit quarterly reports to Congress on progress metrics including the identification and disruption of trafficking organizations, and it removes an existing sunset provision that would have terminated similar DHS task force authority. No specific funding amounts are mentioned in the bill, though it directs resources within existing DHS agencies to carry out these new requirements.
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