House Committee Passes $10 Billion Funding for Border Wall
The secondary fence of the U.S.-Mexico border is near an area popularly known as "Smuggler's Gulch," in San Diego on July 12, 2017. The Border Patrol added a second layer of concertina wire along the bottom of the fence which helped curtail assaults on agents. Joshua Philipp/The Epoch Times
A border security bill that includes $10 billion in spending for a border wall—"wall, fencing, technology, air assets, and other barriers”—was passed by the House Homeland Security Committee on Oct. 5.
In addition to the wall funding, the bill would add 5,000 Border Patrol agents and 5,000 Customs and Border Protection officers.
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