House GOP pushes for tough border security measures as Title 42 expires.

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House GOP pushes for tough border security measures as Title 42 expires.
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House Republicans are set to pass their border security proposal, the "Secure the Border Act," which includes provisions to restart the building of a border wall, enhance monitoring technology, and increase the number of Border Patrol agents. The bill is dead on arrival in the Senate, but its passage is seen as a symbolic rebuke of the Biden administration's policies. The administration has condemned the GOP legislation as unnecessarily cruel toward asylum seekers. The bill's passage coincides with the rollback of the Trump-era policy known as Title 42, which allowed for the quick deportation of undocumented migrants during the pandemic.

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