Cornyn: Will Democrat Mayors Finally Force Biden to Take Border Crisis Seriously?
News In Texas, because of our proximity to the border, we don’t have the luxury of ignoring this problem. An average of 6,000 migrants cross the southern border every day, and yet the Mayor of Washington, D.C., a self-described sanctuary city, is in panic when 9,400 come to her city. Maybe, just maybe, now that […]
Contrary to Mayorkas, Wray Won’t Say Border is Secure
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Sen. Cornyn: “Director Ray, I’ve always thought of you as a straight shooter, but you won’t answer that question?” Dir. Wray: “Well, look, I think the border presents significant security issues. There’s a wide array of criminal threats that we encounter down at the border…” […]
Cornyn: Biden Admin Doesn’t Care About Migrants or Border Communities
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook The Biden Administration, including the President, the Vice President, and everyone who serves in the Biden Administration, simply does not care. They don’t care about the migrants who die en route to the United States. They don’t care about our border communities that are overrun […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Slams Biden Admin for Ignoring Drug Trafficking at Southern Border
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Probably a year ago, I introduced a bill… thinking that if things got too bad, the Biden Administration might reach out, take a lifeline, and begin that conversation. Unfortunately, it’s been nothing but crickets, and we have seen three million border encounters since the Biden […]
Cornyn: Biden Doesn’t Care About Southern Border, Migrants Dying
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Make no mistake about it: what is happening at the border is a result of a policy failure of the Biden Administration. They apparently don’t care about the young women and girls who are sexually assaulted en route. They apparently don’t care about the migrants […]
Cornyn Previews Texas Border Trip with Cruz, GOP Colleagues
News Share on email Share on linkedin Share on facebook Later this week, I will be traveling back home to the Rio Grande Valley along with a number of my Republican colleagues so that they too can learn from the true experts about the border crisis. Migrants are dying, drugs are pouring into our country, […]
Cornyn, Arrington, Gonzales Bill to Honor Fallen Border Patrol Agent Signed Into Law
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 President signed into law the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act, which renames the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent […]
Cornyn Again Calls on Biden to Consider Only Bipartisan Bill to Help Border Crisis
We know the American people see crime as a big problem, and there are a lot of reasons for that. Make no mistake about it. This is both a humanitarian and a security crisis. The Biden Administration needs to address the security breakdown at the border because what is happening there has made our communities […]
Cornyn: Biden’s Border Inaction Fueling Crime Spike, Drug Overdoses Nationwide
Once cartel members and their gang associates get drugs across the border, where do they go? Well, they go to Chicago. They go to Detroit. They go to Atlanta. They go to New York. They go to San Diego. They go to virtually every community in our country. It’s not just a border problem. This […]
Cornyn Joins Bipartisan Bill to Delay Ending Title 42
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined U.S. Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to introduce the Public Health and Border Security Act to require all COVID-19 related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated. The legislation was supported by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Thune […]
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 […]