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16-HR4482 on Feb 4, 2016

This bill calls for a southwest border threat analysis that includes an assessment of:
• terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the US through the southwest border
• improvements needed at and between ports of entry along such border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the US
• gaps in law, policy, law enforcement, or international agreements that hinder effective and efficient border security, counterterrorism, anti-human smuggling and trafficking efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along such border; and
• the current percentage of situational awareness and of operational control of US borders achieved by DHS of the international land and maritime borders of the US.
• The bill requires, every five years, a Border Patrol Strategic Plan that includes consideration of the southwest border threat analysis and an assessment of principal border security threats.

Participating counts on VoteMatch question 12. Question 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
• Topic: Immigration
• Headline: Analyze terrorism and criminal threats on southwest border (Score: -1)
• Headline 2: Analyze terrorism and criminal threats on southwest border (Score: -1)
  
  Participating counts on AmericansElect question 4.
• Headline: Analyze terrorism and criminal threats on southwest border (Answer: C)
• Headline 2: Analyze terrorism and criminal threats on southwest border (Answer: C)
• AmericansElect Quiz Question 4 on Immigration: When you think about illegal immigration, which of the following solutions come closest to your opinion?
  • A: All illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US legally
  • B: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US, with some exceptions
  • C: Most illegal immigrants should be deported, with some exceptions
  • D: All illegal immigrants should be deported
  • E: Unsure
  
  
  
• Key for participation codes:
• Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
• Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
• Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
• Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
• Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.