WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement regarding the temporary deployment of 575 Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to California in response to the migrant caravan:   “This afternoon, I spoke with CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, who provided me with an update on the current status of the caravan headed towards… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released an update regarding the migrant caravan currently en route to the U.S.-Mexico Border. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Congressman Cuellar has received several briefings by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding this… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Hoy, el Congresista Henry Cuellar (TX-28) publicó una actualización sobre la caravana de migrantes que se encuentra actualmente en ruta hacia la frontera de EE. UU. y México. Como miembro del Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes de los EE. UU. Sobre Seguridad Nacional, el Congresista Cuellar ha recibido varias actualizaciones informativas del Departamento de… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped secure over $22.5 billion for Pell Grants and a $100 increase in the maximum annual award per student in a “minibus” appropriations package containing the Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills.   He also included $1.5 billion to expand education programs for low-income… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced over $3.7 million awarded to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from the Department of Education (ED) through the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Program. UTSA’s Academy for Teachers Excellence (ATE), in partnership with Northwest Vista College (NVC) within the Alamo Colleges District, will use these funds… Read more »

LAREDO, TX— Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting that occurred last November in Sutherland Springs, Texas.   “Today, it is with a heavy heart that we solemnly mark the one-year anniversary of the Sutherland Springs shooting. A year ago today, a horrific act of violence took place that claimed 26… Read more »

  WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released a Congressional Research Service (CRS) memorandum providing a general overview and analysis of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), as well as a summary of selected provisions that may affect U.S.-Mexico trade relations. Congressman Cuellar released the following statement:   “As a representative of… Read more »

LAREDO, TX—Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and the City of Laredo announced $5,863,200 in federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program (BWIP) that will assist the border region with a number of water infrastructure projects. Specifically, this funding will be used to cover a number of major water infrastructure… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s claim to issue an executive order and terminate the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship:   “The President has announced that he will use an executive order to rescind the constitutionally protected right that grants U.S. citizenship to anybody born on U.S.… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoy, el congresista Henry Cuellar (TX-28) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre la orden ejecutiva que el Presidente Trump planea para abolir la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento:   “El Presidente ha anunciado que usará una orden ejecutiva para rescindir el derecho protegido constitucionalmente que otorga la ciudadanía estadounidense a cualquier persona nacida… Read more »