Republican Lawmakers Unveil Package to Secure US Southern Border

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks at a press conference at the RNC headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 25, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Republican lawmakers revealed on Thursday that five of the nine sectors of the southern border of the United States are controlled by Mexican cartels.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green (R-Tenn), Vice Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) held a joint press conference on April 27 to announce a new border security bill being moved out of committee and to the House floor.