About 172,000 migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, the most in two decades, Bloomberg reports. They are drawn to the U.S. by the promise of work and stability in an economy expected to explode with post-pandemic opportunities, and an administration promising more humane treatment after the harsher Donald Trump years.
Rep. Higgins’ act would also require the DHS secretary to submit a plan to Congress outlining benchmarks for physical barriers, technology, roads and lighting.
