Mexico
July 10th, 2024
Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote to Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday, July 8th, requesting a meeting to address water deliveries owed to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. As of...
March 29th, 2023
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...
December 17th, 2020
United States’ diplomats and officials should utilize their voices and the influence of the United States to make it clear to the Mexican government that attacking or undermining the DEA is unacceptable, and that such action...
August 16th, 2019
This week Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and I met with top Mexican government officials to discuss the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).I released the following statement upon completion of the meetings:
April 26th, 2019
A group of armed Mexican soldiers detained and disarmed a pair of U.S. soldiers on the U.S. side of the Texas border with Mexico. The U.S. soldiers were eventually released and their weapons returned.
September 13th, 2018
Yesterday on the floor, I spoke ahead of the Senate’s vote on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 to highlight my legislation which would reauthorize programs that help reduce the demand of drugs and to discuss...
July 2nd, 2014
A few days ago on June 26th, during the O’Reilly Factor seen on FOX TV, Bill O’Reilly made an extreme request. He asked the listening audience that maybe it was time to Boycott Mexico because of all the unattended minor...
December 28th, 2011
For 10 years, thousands of American troops have fought against terrorism and for the liberation of Iraq. Many have sacrificed their lives on the altar of freedom on behalf of people in a land halfway around the world,...
September 23rd, 2011
Today, I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding recent resignations and reassignments at ATF following public concerns regarding a Phoenix-based program known as “Fast and Furious,” which intentionally...
July 26th, 2010
This weekend a story about two ranches near Laredo, Texas being overrun by the infamous Los Zetas drug cartel spread through the internet like a California grass fire. The story went so far as to call the intrusion "an act...
May 15th, 2024
U.S.
March 30th, 2021
Recently in the Senate Judiciary Committee, I discussed how Vanita Gupta’s ties to the firm Avantor, which sells a chemical involved in the illicit drug trade in Mexico, disqualify her for the position of Associate Attorney...
October 23rd, 2020
Yesterday I celebrated the announcement that Mexico will fulfill its water delivery obligations to Texas in compliance with the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty.
June 7th, 2019
I issued the following statements regarding the 75th anniversary of D-Day; H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act; and possible tariffs on imports from Mexico.
November 30th, 2018
President Trump has said from the beginning that his tariffs were designed to get trading partners back to the table and to hammer out deals that benefits all parties. One of the first areas of focus was with Canada and...
January 27th, 2016
If you believe that the president of the United States should have strong principles, then Trump is not the man. If you believe that the president of the United States should believe in our US Constitution, then Trump is not...
July 9th, 2013
The partial unsealing of a criminal complaint by the U.S. Attorney’s Office reveals a Mexican man legally living in the U.S. was kidnapped on U.S. soil by the Mexican Gulf cartel, illegally brought across the U.S. southern...
September 29th, 2011
Obama Fought to Stop the Execution of a Mexican National who Raped and Killed a Young Girl in TexasEarlier this year, the Obama Administration fought to stop Texas from executing a Mexican National, Humberto...
July 26th, 2010
The story about the Laredo ranches being taken over by Los Zetas continues to be an interesting developing story. US Border Watch will continue to research this developing story with the goal of finding the truth.