A bipartisan border bill was introduced in the Senate following the Trump election victory.

On Thursday, Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) presented a bipartisan bill to enhance federal law enforcement against human smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Border Smuggling Crackdown Act seeks to increase penalties for traffickers by revising federal sentencing guidelines to accurately reflect the number of people smuggled.

Ossoff stated that criminals and human traffickers who smuggle and exploit human beings across our Southern Border will face severe consequences. These individuals endanger our national security and prey on victims of trafficking.

The number of migrant kidnappings and extortions by transnational criminal networks in U.S. border cities has increased in recent years, as human smuggling operations have shifted from individuals to networks.

The bill proposes to raise the sentencing levels for cases involving bodily harm or death, with an increase in penalty increments based on the severity of injuries sustained. Specifically, bodily injury results in a two-level increase per person, serious bodily injury adds four levels, life-threatening or permanent injury adds six levels, and each death leads to a 10-level increase, as outlined in the bill text.

"Blackburn stated that cartels are daily exploiting innocent people at our southern border through trafficking. To hold these human smugglers accountable, our bill aims to modernize federal sentencing law. The bill ensures that sentencing for these crimes reflects the harm caused to every person injured or murdered by these criminals."

The bill arrives amidst President-elect Trump's pledge to intensify efforts against illegal immigration and address the crisis at the southern border, as he also achieved unprecedented victories among Democratic districts.

This election cycle, Democrats have faced challenges in addressing illegal immigration with Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee.

Over the past five years, more than 32,000 unaccompanied illegal alien children failed to attend immigration court hearings, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement was unable to track down the whereabouts of all those who did not appear, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General.

Planet Chronicle Digital's Adam Shaw contributed to this report.