U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statements after their Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act, legislation promoting public-private partnerships (P3) to boost staffing and make infrastructure improvements at U.S. ports of entry without adding to the national deficit, passed both the House and the Senate: “In Texas, the… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) released the following statement regarding the passage of S. 2943, the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 375 to 34 and the Senate on a vote of 92 to 7. The bill will now head to the President for his signature. “I voted in favor of the bipartisan National Defense… Read more »

Congressman Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement regarding a U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) notification of reprograming $167 million of federal funds from other program to assist with the surge of unaccompanied minors at the southern border: “As the representative for the border, my district is one of the hardest hit by the surge in unaccompanied minors and… Read more »

In an effort to understand issues with our border security, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) joined U.S. Border Patrol agents with the National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 on a tour of the border in the Laredo Sector area-of-responsibility Monday evening. As part of the border tour, Congressman Cuellar witnessed agents apprehend five undocumented immigrants attempting to enter… Read more »

Governor Greg Abbott, Senator John Cornyn and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson requesting additional information on DHS's aerial-based border security resources. In February, the leaders expressed concern that DHS had only requested half the normal flight hours from the Department of Defense… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) has again renewed his call for the Administration to better enforce our nation’s immigration laws and to protect our borders. In February, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had said illegal immigration numbers where decreasing. Congressman Cuellar disagreed and sent out a statement showing that data over a longer period of time… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) released the latest statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which show lower violent crime rates, including homicide, rape, aggravated assault and robbery, in cities along the Texas-Mexico border than in other major metropolitan areas across Texas and the United States. The data released by the FBI shows information gathered for… Read more »

El día de hoy el congresista demócrata por el distrito 28 de Texas, Henry Cuéllar, publicó las nuevas tasas de criminalidad del Buró Federal de Investigación (FBI por sus siglas en ingles), las cuales demuestran una menor tasa de crimen violento como homicidio, violación, asalto agravado y robo, en ciudades estadounidenses en la frontera de Texas y México. Las nuevas tasas son de… Read more »

People in El Paso, used to a constant flow of immigrants from Mexico and Central America, are now seeing a lot of Cubans coming in across the various bridges that connect their town with Ciudad Juarez. They look pretty much like all others crossing the border, but volunteers here point out a difference: Cuban migrants are eager to get wi-fi access so they can communicate with family… Read more »

El patrón de inmigración de cubanos a Estados Unidos está cambiando y prueba de ello es el creciente número de ciudadanos del país comunista que se aventuran a ingresar a suelo estadounidense por tierra, a través de la frontera texana. Para miles de cubanos cruzar la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos a través del territorio texano es una alternativa segura, según Alejandro Ruiz,… Read more »