Bellingham Herald: Sen. DelBene bl would block border-crossing fee
U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene has introduced legislation to block the Department of Homeland Security from taking steps to impose a fee on people entering the country at land border crossings such as those in Whatcom County.
DelBene's bill is a response to Homeland Security's recent request for funding in its 2014 budget to pay for a study of how such a fee could be put in place. Her bill consists of a single sentence that prohibits Homeland Security from collecting a land border crossing fee, or from studying such a fee, on either the northern or the southern border.