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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was ridiculed for rolling out a plan to put a wall on the Canadian border.

But less than two months later, the U.S. Congress has passed a new act designed to stop terrorists and criminals from slipping over from the Great White North.

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“I’ve seen first-hand the issues that our nation faces countering violent drug trafficking, organized crime and potential terrorist acts,” said the bill’s sponsor, John Katko, a Republican Congressman from New York.

The Northern Border Security Review Act passed with bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. It orders a full-scale “threat analysis” of the Canadian border.

With a deadline of six months, Homeland Security officials are tasked with figuring out which “terrorism and criminal threats” are looking to sneak in through Canada, and find out what is needed to “prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States.”