VIDEO: Cornyn Joins Fox News Sunday on Immigration, Ukraine, Midterm Elections
If you eliminate Title 42, the Border Patrol tells me they will lose control, and the people who will benefit the most are the drug cartels. The Ukrainians are fighting for their very lives, and I would give them everything they need faster than we are right now. I wouldn’t trust Vladimir Putin any farther […]
Cornyn, Arrington, Gonzales Pass Bill to Honor Fallen Border Patrol Agent
Rocksprings Border Patrol Station Renamed after Agent Donna Doss WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales (TX-23) today released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act, which would rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Leads Effort to Extend Title 42 to Help Surging Border Crisis
We’ve had a historic number of what are euphemistically called border encounters. The problem is, this is a hodgepodge of everything from economic migrants, to sex offenders, to drug dealers, to people who are convicted felons. Border Patrol tell me that if Title 42 expires, without a plan being put into place…they will simply lose […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Gonzales Lead Texas Delegation Letter Urging Biden to Keep Title 42 Given Record Border Crossings
Republicans and Democrats Both Want to Keep Policy in Place WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and Texas delegation members to send a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging that […]
Cornyn, Sinema, Lankford, Kelly Introduce Bill to Increase Border Patrol Agents’ Overtime Pay
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), James Lankford (R-OK), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Border Patrol Pay Security Act to ensure U.S. Border Patrol agents earn similar overtime compensation already offered to other federal law enforcement agents. It amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow U.S. Border Patrol agents […]
Cornyn, Cuellar Bill to Safeguard U.S. Law Enforcement & Federal Employees Abroad Now Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) today released the following statements after their Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act, which ensures that individuals who harm or attempt to harm U.S. federal officers and employees serving abroad can be prosecuted in […]
Cornyn Opposes Biden Efforts to Settle Lawsuits with Illegal Immigrants for Millions at Taxpayer Expense
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to President Biden with his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing their opposition to the reports of the Administration’s plans to pay illegal immigrants up to $450,000 of taxpayer dollars per person to settle lawsuits as a result of those individuals violating U.S. […]
CBP Nominee Admits Biden Policies Contributing to Border Crises
Sen. Cornyn: ‘Do you agree with me that the decision by Secretary Mayorkas to no longer detain or deport people who enter the country illegally is a pull factor… Is that one of them?’ Nominee Magnus: ‘It is certainly one part of it, yes, sir.’ WASHINGTON –Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John […]
Cornyn Bill to Rename Rocksprings Border Patrol Station After Agent Donna Doss Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Donna M. Doss Memorial Act, which would rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent Doss’s honor, passed the Senate. Agent Doss had served more than 15 years in the Border Patrol when she was killed in the line […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Press DHS for Answers on Release of Haitian Migrants into U.S.
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a letter yesterday with 37 of his colleagues asking Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to address reports that thousands of migrants in Del Rio, Texas were released into the interior of the U.S. instead of facing removal as the Administration had previously pledged. They wrote: “While we […]
Cornyn Legislation Honoring Fallen Abilene Border Patrol Agent Passes Out of Committee
Rocksprings Border Patrol Station to be Renamed for Agent Donna Doss WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act authored by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) to rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent Doss’ honor. Agent Doss had served more […]
VIDEO: Cornyn: Biden Administration Can’t Keep Ignoring Crisis at Border
There will be another one right behind the Haitian wave, and it’s all because Joe Biden and his Administration either don’t care or they don’t know how to fix it. This is a problem of huge magnitude. If you look at our border communities that depend on cross-border trade and tourism, they are being devastated. […]
Cornyn: Biden Ignoring Southern Border Crisis, Not Too Late for Bipartisanship
Yesterday, the Senate Parliamentarian confirmed what we already suspected, and that is our Democratic colleagues will not be able to use budget procedures to grant citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants in a purely partisan budget reconciliation bill. Our Democratic colleagues said they have a Plan B, and while I haven’t seen any details about […]
Cornyn Amendment Would Require Deportation of Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Domestic Violence
We owe it to survivors, victims, and the American people to get dangerous attackers off our streets, and this amendment would ensure these criminals will be detained and deported before they can do further harm. WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced an amendment to the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion Budget Resolution that would fund […]
Cornyn Statement on VP Harris’ New Border ‘Strategy’
The Vice President’s new ‘strategy’ implies she had a strategy to begin with WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement today in response to the Vice President’s attempt to address the migrant crisis at the border with her new “Root Causes Strategy”: “The Vice President’s new ‘strategy’ implies she had a strategy to […]