House members discuss their bipartisan bill on higher numbers of migrants at border
By Grace Segers
April 23, 2021 / 6:00 AM
/ CBS News
Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and Republican Congressman John Katko have teamed up on a bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to provide a plan for managing the large number of migrants crossing the southern border into the U.S. The bill, called the Border Surge Response and Resilience Act, would allow DHS to draw from an emergency fund once their plan is triggered.
"We have to have funding available to address that issue," Cuellar said in a joint interview with Katko for this week's episode of "The Takeout" podcast, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett. There has been a recent influx of migrants crossing the southern border, including thousands of unaccompanied minors.