The House should pass a bill today that says we should…secure part of our border.

UPDATE HERE Bill passed House today

Lets see the Senate explain why this is a bad idea five years after 9/11/2001.

House plans vote today on border fence
By Nicole Gaouette

Los Angeles Times

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday launched a renewed bid to stiffen border security and rally voters, unveiling a bill that would mandate construction of 700 miles of fencing in highly populated areas along the U.S. border with Mexico.

The House is to vote today on the Secure Fence Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Security to prevent “all unlawful entries” into the United States, pushes for border agents to use greater force, and calls for more border surveillance using cameras, ground sensors and satellites.

The new bill is the first of several tightly focused border-security measures that House GOP leaders say they will introduce in coming weeks. It represents the latest effort by House Republicans to build momentum for an enforcement-only approach, which they insist — despite objections from both the Senate and President Bush — is the best way to repair broken U.S. immigration policies.

“House Republicans believe we must address the immediate need to secure our borders,” said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and author of the bill.

The Secure Fence Act is expected to pass. When it goes to the Senate, it will present a challenge for the bipartisan group of senators who back their chamber’s broader approach to immigration.

The rest here.