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 […]
Cornyn, Tillis Call on Chairman Durbin to Take Up Targeted DACA Bill
AUSTIN – Today U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) urging him to consider targeted legislation that would offer permanent legal status specifically to active participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The question of whether to permanently enjoin the […]
Cornyn, Padilla Bill to Speed Up Immigration Process for Afghan Interpreters Passes House
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) released the following statements after their HOPE for Afghan SIVs Act passed the House. The bill will speed up the process by which Afghan interpreters and translators who assisted US troops during the War on Terror can immigrate to the United States and avoid persecution. The bill […]
Cornyn EB-5 Visa Reform Bill Blocked, Program to Expire
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the importance of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and his legislation that would make commonsense reforms, which was blocked from passage this afternoon. The current authorization runs out on June 30th. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “EB-5 […]
Cornyn: VP Harris’ Border Trip ‘100 Days Late and a Thousand Miles Short’
WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Vice President Harris’ upcoming trip to the U.S.-Mexico border and her decision to visit El Paso instead of the epicenter of the border crisis in the RGV sector, about a thousand miles away. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be […]
Cornyn Previews Unserious Immigration Hearing Tomorrow
WASHINGTON – In advance of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, today on the floor U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Democrats’ unserious legislation to legalize as many as 4.5 million illegal immigrants without addressing the ongoing immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “This legislation […]