Reduces border violence, increases inter-agency collaboration Read more »

Ensures 22 police officers with the Laredo Police Dept. remain on patrol Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX- 28) released the following statement upon learning that two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents of Homeland Security Investigations were shot outside Mexico City this afternoon. “I was deeply saddened to learn that two brave special agents had been shot in the line of duty in Mexico today. One of these agents is seriously injured and… Read more »

President Obama renews commitment to continue rebuilding the nation’s economic strength Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, released the following response to the death of Commandante Rolando Flores Villegas Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX 28) was honored to receive the ‘Friend of the Americas’ Award from the Border Trade Alliance during its 21st Century Border conference at the McAllen Convention Center, on Sept. 9, 2010. Read more »

UAVs to start patrolling Texas-Mexico Border Washington, Aug 30 - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced that starting Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin operating an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) along the Texas-Mexico border in an effort to help deter illegal activity. This UAS will be housed out of the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, TX,… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar, TX-28, today helped unanimously pass HR 6080, the 2010 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which provides $600 million to strengthen border security and help reduce violence along the Southwest border. Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, released the following statement in response to today’s joint announcement by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border beginning August 1, 2010. Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge Diana Saldana to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Laredo Division. If confirmed by the Senate, Judge Saldana will serve as one of two federal judges for the U.S. District Court in Laredo, Texas. This is the first nomination made by the President to fulfill the pending federal judgeships throughout the State of Texas. Read more »