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Representative Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) sponsored H.R. 2, the so-called Secure the Border Act of 2023, an anti-immigrant bill that would dismantle the asylum system, resume construction on the environmentally destructive border wall, deport unaccompanied children, jail immigrant families, eliminate parole authority, undermine essential partnerships with humanitarian organizations, and make other deeply harmful changes to immigration policy. This bill also waives all laws except the Constitution for the construction, development, operation and maintenance of this xenophobic, environmentally damaging, and ineffective border wall. This bill represents a package of racist, anti-immigrant, deeply inhumane, environmentally harmful, and counterproductive policy proposals. On May 11, the House approved H.R. 2 by a vote of 219-213 (House roll call vote 209). This legislation’s supporters continue to attempt to attach these harmful proposals to unrelated must-pass legislation; however, the Senate took no action on this legislation in 2023.
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