Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar, a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request:
“The coronavirus pandemic has exposed serious needs in Texas and across the country. President Biden’s funding request takes important steps to meet these needs and set our nation… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar voted to pass H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize and reform our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are key to the economic recovery of our nation.… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $3,648,900 in federal funding to Bruni Water Supply Corporation. These funds, awarded through U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development, will help finance the construction of a Micro-filtration system to correct arsenic levels in the drinking water.
“No American, whether in rural or urban areas, should have to worry about… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement regarding U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Southwest Land Border Encounters in February 2021:
February CBP Encounters:
Total - 100,441
Unaccompanied Minors/Single Minors – 9,457
Family Unit Aliens – 19,246
Single Adults - 71,598
“In the month of February alone, U.S. Customs and… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement regarding President Biden, the Departments of State and Homeland Security (DHS) reinstating the Central American Minor (CAM) program to reunite children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with their parents who are lawfully in the United States:
“I want to thank the Biden administration for… Read more »
Washington, D.C.– Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar voted for final passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide urgently-needed resources to defeat the virus, put vaccines in people’s arms, money into families’ pockets, children safely back into classrooms and people back to work. This legislation will now go to President Biden’s desk… Read more »
Laredo, TX—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement on migrants being transported into Laredo and other border communities from the Rio Grande Valley:
“The recent surge of migrant apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has overwhelmed U.S Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) processing capacity, requiring the transport of migrants to… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped deliver $4,000,000 in federal funds to PILLAR Laredo. This funding, awarded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) grant program, will be used to Implement Project Consolidated Treatment Services (CTS) that will establish a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic offering integrated… Read more »
Mission, TX-- Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following apprehension data currently taking place in the United States Border Patrol - Rio Grande Valley Sector:
Within the last 7 days:
Approximately 10,000 migrants have been apprehended
Approximately 2,500 migrants have been apprehended within the last two days
“We are weeks, maybe even days, away from a… Read more »
