Securing our Border Act

This bill takes leftover money that was set aside for the IRS to enforce tax laws and moves it to pay for border security projects, including inspection systems along the northern and southwest borders and building a wall along the southwest border. It also lets U.S. Customs and Border Protection offer bonuses to hire, keep, and relocate border agents, with limits on how much those bonuses can be and requirements like agreeing to work at a new location for at least three years. The bill also changes the rules for people who are not U.S. citizens and arrive by land from a neighboring country — if they don't clearly have the right to enter the U.S., the government would now be required to either send them back to a neighboring or safe country while their case is being decided, or hold them in detention while their asylum request is reviewed, instead of just having the option to do so.

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