Requires periodic updates to northern border threat analysis (including apprehensions) and strategy, plus performance measures for border security operations, so more immigration enforcement activity at the northern border.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall update the Department of Homeland Security's Northern Border strategy not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act, and every 5 years thereafter, and shall incorporate the results of the most recent threat analysis in each such update.
Mandates recurring northern border threat analyses, strategy updates, classified briefings to Congress, and performance measures for CBP Air and Marine Operations, increasing focus and assessment of border security without changing specific enforcement powers.
an assessment of recent changes in the amount and demographics of apprehensions at the Northern Border, including an analysis of apprehension changes at the sector level.
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Stage: Passed one chamber · step 3 of 6
Last action
2026-08-10: Held at the desk.
Filed
2025-03-05
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill requires updated and recurring threat analyses, strategy updates, briefings, and performance metrics focused on northern border security, apprehensions, and CBP operations, which expands the scope and regularity of immigration-enforcement activities and oversight at the northern border.