MCALLEN, Texas - Los senadores John Cornyn (R-TX) y Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) y los representantes Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) y Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) visitaron la frontera del Valle del Río Grande este miércoles.
La delegación presentó el proyecto de ley titulado "Ley Bipartidista de Soluciones Fronterizas", a lo que la oficina del senador Cornyn catalogó como "la única legislación… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) released the following statement regarding Governor Abbott’s border declaration and the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols Program (MPP):
“Today, Governor Abbott announced a “disaster declaration” along Texas’s southern border. I cannot in good conscience agree with the… Read more »
MCALLEN, Texas – In May, four legislators introduced bipartisan and bicameral border legislation called the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act.
The four legislators were U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, and U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican… Read more »
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - In an effort to re-open our bridges, Congressman Henry Cuellar pressed the issue with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Homeland Security Subcommittee Hearing.
In a series of questions, Congressman Cuellar told Secretary Mayorkas that city health officials have told him they are worried migrants are exposing the community to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to commit to a timeframe to lift COVID-related travel restrictions on non-essential traffic through land ports of entry.
In the letter, Sens. John Cornyn (pictured above) of Texas and Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona write: “In light of the… Read more »
When the pandemic began, the U.S.-Mexico border was closed for health reasons. Well, really, part of the border was closed.
Only Mexicans who already had visas or were employed by an “essential” American could cross the border by land. Anyone could take a plane as long as they could afford the ticket and a COVID-19 test. The border has remained this way since the pandemic began more than… Read more »
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) today introduced The Bipartisan Border Solutions Act, their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to respond to the surge in migrants coming across our southern border. The bill would improve both the Department of Homeland Security’s… 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 »
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 »
