Last week, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., introduced a bill to “hold the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) accountable for failing to fulfill its statutory directive to establish a comprehensive biometric entry/exit system.”

Donalds offered his reasons for introducing the proposal.

“This year alone, CBP has encountered a record high of nearly 2.5 million illegal aliens entering our porous southern border. Since President Biden took office, there have been 7.5 million encounters, including 169 people on the terrorist watchlist. Not to mention the 25,000+ pounds of fentanyl that CBP has seized in FY23 alone. These facts are damning and are a direct result of this inept president’s open border policies and purposeful neglect of the Trump-era measures that secured our border. My bill, H.R. 6138, is simple: it demands action and accountability of Secretary Mayorkas’ department and addresses their statutory failure to establish a comprehensive biometric apparatus at our nation’s points of entry,” said Donalds.

U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Clay Higgins, R-La., Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and Randy Weber, R-Texas, are co-sponosring the bill.

“CBP has a statutory directive to establish a comprehensive biometrics system to track illegals. America is being invaded and we’re losing our country down there, it gets worse every day. Biden and Mayorkas should be tried for treason. It’s that bad. This legislation demands transparency as to why the biometrics system has yet to be fully deployed by the CBP. We, the People, feel totally betrayed by our own government,” said Higgins.

The bill was sent to the U.S. House Judiciary and the Homeland Security Committees. So far, there is no companion measure over in the U.S. Senate.