Sec. 609. Border Patrol mobile and rapid response teams
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The Congress finds as follows: It is possible for agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use mobile rapid response teams. If such agents are in the field near the border and encounter trouble, they should be able to call a mobile response team if they cannot get help quickly enough by other means. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for developing and deploying mobile rapid response teams to achieve the following objectives, and submit progress reports on the program every 90 days after it has been implemented:
Expand the Border Control Tactical Team program to make emergency assistance available to law enforcement officers in border areas along the Mexican border that are not designated as high traffic locations, including officers who operate on Tribal land. Provide helicopters and other military transports to ensure that the teams can deploy quickly to where they are needed. Maintain airborne patrols of these units to facilitate quick deployment when they are called. Provide a similar airborne force of regular border patrol officers who will provide the same emergency response service for ranchers, farmers, and other people who live or work in these border areas.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement the plan described in subsection
(a)not later than 120 days after the date on which the plan is submitted.