US deports families to Central America 07/14/14 04:25 PM—UPDATED 07/14/14 04:34 PM By Amanda Sakuma A group of families who crossed into the U.S. illegally were flown back to Central America Monday, beginning a wave of deportations that Department of Homeland Security officials said are expected to pick up in “coming days and weeks.” Roughly 40 adults and children were sent… Read more »

Cuellar commends Mexican southern border meeting Posted: Fri 9:48 AM, Jul 11, 2014 By: Matt McGovern  Henry Cuellar WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of Henry Cuellar) – Congressman Henry Cuellar commended this week’s meeting of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina at the Mexican southern border to discuss the Central American immigration… Read more »

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — A Texas Democratic lawmaker is calling on President Barack Obama to visit the U.S.-Mexico border to personally see what the unaccompanied immigrant children are going through. “I’m interested in him looking at the kids,” Rep. Henry Cuellar told CNN. “The kids that I’ve talked to, innocent little boys and girls that have come across and have traveled over… Read more »

CAPITOL ATTITUDE Not a done deal: Congress at odds over Obama’s border crisis package By Chad Pergram Published July 10, 2014 July 9, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill.AP House Speaker John Boehner was non-committal Wednesday morning when asked about prospects for approving President Obama's $4.3 billion emergency spending bill… Read more »

FOX NEWS FIRST New pressures for special prosecutor on IRS scandal By Chris Stirewalt Published July 10, 2014 FoxNews.com Cuellar tried to cut a deal on border - While President Obama is looking to inculpate Republicans on the border crisis, at least one outspoken Texas Democrat is joining GOP lawmakers in coming up with a solution. Roll Call:… Read more »

Democratic Texas Reps. Pete Gallego and Henry Cuellar have more at stake than almost any member of Congress when it comes to the border crisis. That's because the two of them combine to represent about 1,000 miles of the United States-Mexico border — around half of the entire border, in fact. But when it comes to whether President Obama should come to the… Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas says he’s a loyal Democrat, but he believes President Obama is starting to “look detached” by not visiting the border during his trip to Texas this week. Cuellar said he was dumbfounded when he saw pictures of the president making a casual evening stop in Colorado as he made his way to Texas. “Look, he’s going to be in Austin, 242 miles away from the border.… Read more »

Growing Chorus Of Democrats Want Obama To Make Border Trip “I really don’t know what he’s thinking,” one Texas Democrat said. posted on July 9, 2014, at 1:41 p.m Kate NoceraBuzzFeed Staff WASHINGTON — As President Obama fundraises in Texas today, the message from Democratic members of the delegation is if he’s not going to the border now, he needs to go very, very soon. Rep.… Read more »

The Obama administration's policy on the influx of thousands of undocumented children and women crossing the U.S.-Mexican border was "one step behind," Rep. Henry Cuellar said Sunday. "With all due respect to the administration, they were one step behind," the Texas Democrat said on CNN's "State of the Union." "They should have seen this coming a long time ago." Cuellar, whose… Read more »

Washington (CNN) - The Obama administration is facing fresh criticism for its handling of the immigration crisis from two voices at the center of the debate. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Mayor Alan Long of Murrieta, California - the small town that rose up in protest after federal officials bused illegal immigrants to a facility there - both criticized the administration for… Read more »