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A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.

Introduced: July 22, 2019 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Jul 22, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 22, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to expedite detainee transport to processing facilities. Under the program, CBP shall ensure that (1) a certain number of border patrol agents with commercial driver's licenses with passenger endorsements are serving at each remote station and on each shift, and (2) a certain number of buses are assigned to specified geographical sectors.

What's happening now July 22, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2202: A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2202/
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"S. 2202: A bill to expedite detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2202/.
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S. 2202, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2202/.
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