Border Security

Following the recent passage of a Florida law that has led to an exodus of migrant workers from the state, Republican candidate for president and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez discussed problems associated with workforce...
border security
Part of the problem is that the conversation tends to be divided into “either-or” categories: either border security or immigration reform. The business community maintains that the solution is not an “either-or” scenario....
Thursday, El Paso Mayor Ivy Avalos, Dreamers, Business, Civic, Faith, and Law Enforcement leaders joined a discussion on workforce and border security solutions.
The bill consists of four core principles: (1) stopping illegal immigration; (2) providing a dignified solution for undocumented immigrants living in America; (3) strengthening the American workforce and economy; and (4)...
A bill currently before the Texas legislature, House Bill 20, would create a Border Protection Unit, which would establish a group of officers – and deputized civilians – to “arrest, apprehend, or detain persons crossing the...
Theresa Brown
Theresa Cardinal Brown returns to the Rational Middle of Immigration podcast to discuss “finding the middle” with immigration policies that Republican and Democrat lawmakers can agree on and that would be supported by the...
U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) returned to the US March 20th after visiting with intelligence, drug enforcement, and government officials in Mexico on a bipartisan Congressional Delegation led by Senator John Cornyn...
A recent town hall discussion in Houston highlighted how a lack of needed immigration reforms is resulting in a humanitarian
On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his upcoming trip to McAllen, Texas with Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Pete...
On Wednesday I met with the Energy & Commerce Committee in McAllen to examine the public health crisis at the southern border and the flow of illicit fentanyl into our communities. Fentanyl kills more young Americans...
Within our border challenge lies the solution to our skilled worker shortage, but only if Congress addresses the issue and only if our state leaders take advantage of the opportunity.
This week, I held a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing over the topic of Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and the threat they pose to the United States by way of our open southern border.
Last week, U.S. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and several other bipartisan co-sponsors introduced a bill that aims to reform U.S. immigration laws
Border chaos associated with Title 42 ending Thursday is the result of lawmakers failing to pass bipartisan immigration reform for decades. The only people who benefit from the chaos at the border are politicians making...
evangelical leaders
As the House Judiciary Committee considers legislation seeking to address the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, evangelical leaders sent a letter to members of Congress urging the
From December 2022 to February 2023, encounters of migrants crossing the southwest (SW) border with Mexico are down 39 percent. President Biden’s immigration and border plan that expanded legal migration to the United States...
Government spending in the United States is enormous. Federal and state governments spent over $9 trillion in 2022 on the welfare state, defense, health care, education, and other areas. Taxes and borrowing fund that...
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On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called on President Biden to enforce the nation’s existing immigration laws and recapped his recent trip to McAllen, Texas with Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and...
The total number of encounters along the southwest (SW) border with Mexico dropped by 37.9 percent in the month following President Biden’s new immigration and border plan. President Biden framed his plan as an immigration...
Republicans have long campaigned on promises to improve border security.

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