It would have added 1500 new border patrol agents to our southern border and had it passed in this spring, they would be there now. Very importantly, The bill also deployed technology to our southern border to allow us to scan every vehicle that comes through our ports of entry. That would have allowed us to interdict fentanyl. That is poisoning folks across this country. The Border patrol agents endorse this measure. But you know what? (21:46–21:57)
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Asserts that the bill included technology to scan every vehicle at ports of entry.
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