The bill would give US Customs and Border Protection more authority. Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema previously introduced a version.

A woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of US Border Patrol agent earlier this week on a highway in Vermont close to the US-Canadian border, the FBI office in Albany said Friday.

Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have reintroduced the bipartisan Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act, a legislative effort aimed at enhancing U.S. border security by expanding the nation’s customs waters territory from 12 to 24 nautical miles.

The agent killed was assigned to CBP’s Swanton Sector, which covers parts of Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire, a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson told CNN Monday evening.

The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot near the Canadian border in Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal officials said. The agent was identified as David Maland, 44, according to a post shared by the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association on X, USA Today reports.

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban “sanctuary city” policies in which cities bar local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, part of a Republican push to tighten immigration laws in the state.

A proposed law would turn the state’s major highways into “enhanced enforcement zones” where existing speeding penalties would increase by 50% for any driver traveling more than 15 mph over the posted speed limit. The law would include all five interstates, State Route 101 and the F.E. Everett and Spaulding turnpikes.

Foreign-born workers — whether naturalized citizens, noncitizens with work authorizations or undocumented immigrants — comprise nearly 7% of the New Hampshire workforce, according to a report issued by the state Department of Employment Security.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte is calling out a state lawmaker for dismissing problems arising from the state's bail system as "seductive anecdotes." This comes in the middle of a new push to roll back more of the 2018 law.

NH state troopers ticketed just 27 drivers for traveling at 100 mph or more in 2016. In 2024, that number more than quadrupled.

"It's pretty noticeable that the speeds have increased quite a bit," the bill's sponsor said. "You know, we get to the point here where it's time to maybe make some changes."