On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously advanced the Shadow Wolves Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).

Members of a unit that patrols Native American lands along the U.S.-Mexico border can now become Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents.

The Shadow Wolves moniker refers to the way, like a wolf pack, when one finds its prey — a load of marijuana or better yet, the drug runners themselves — he or she calls in the rest. "Even though it ...