Cornyn Receives Briefing from All Five Texas Border Patrol Sectors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today joined a video conference call with U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chiefs and Directors of U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations in Texas for a briefing on enforcement efforts along the Texas-Mexico border. The operational briefing focused on the challenges to federal law enforcement officials due […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Discusses Border Crisis and the Biden Administration on Sunday Morning Futures
It is a crisis. When a similar surge happened a few years ago, President Obama himself called it a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ and as I suggested, this is going to get nothing but worse as the spring comes. Everything his Administration has done with the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate have been partisan so […]
Cornyn, Sinema, Cuellar, Gonzales Urge DHS to Vaccinate Border Law Enforcement Amid Migrant Surge
WASHINGTON — Today U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Tony Gonzales (TX-23) encouraged Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to ensure DHS law enforcement officers and agents receive immediate access to the COVID-19 vaccine and inquired about efforts to keep DHS law enforcement safe. […]
VIDEO: Cornyn: Texas Facing Border Crisis Due to Biden Admin Immigration Policies
WASHINGTON – Today on Fox News’ Special Report, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the consequences of the Biden Administration’s immigration policies and the looming humanitarian crisis at the border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s interview are below, and video can be found here. “Unfortunately, we’ve seen this movie before.” “The Biden Administration seems determined to reverse all of […]
All Democrats Block More Funding for Migrant Children in Growing Border Crisis
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today condemned Senate Democrats for voting to block his amendment to the COVID-19 ‘Relief’ bill to address the growing humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Sen. Cornyn’s amendment would have shifted funding in the COVID-19 ‘Relief’ bill from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund bed space for unaccompanied […]
VIDEO: On Fox, Cornyn Blasts Biden’s Bungling of Border Crisis
WASHINGTON – Today on Fox News’ America Reports, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) excoriated President Biden for his administration’s failure to appropriately address the growing crisis on America’s southern border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here. “I think the Biden Administration has miscalculated.” “If they think a radio ad in Guatemala […]
New Cornyn Bill Would Set Aside Reimbursement Money for Border Communities’ Future Migrant Care
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Southern Border Communities Reimbursement Act of 2021, new legislation to authorize funding to reimburse local communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for future humanitarian care for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. It would authorize $30 million for Fiscal Years 2021, 2022, and 2023 through the Emergency Food and Shelter […]
Cornyn Reintroduces Bill to Rename Rocksprings Border Patrol Station After Agent Donna Doss
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced his Donna M. Doss Memorial Act to rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent Doss’s honor. Agent Doss had served more than 15 years in the Border Patrol when she was killed in the line of duty on February 2, 2019 after she was struck […]
Cornyn, Ernst Reintroduce Sarah’s Law As Biden Administration Rolls Back Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) today in reintroducing Sarah’s Law, named for a young woman who was killed by an illegal immigrant that was released by federal law enforcement due to a loophole in the law. The bill would require federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged with […]
Cornyn, Harris Bill to Help Border Regions Identify Missing Migrants Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his bipartisan bill with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act, which will help local jurisdictions improve the recording and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains found along the U.S.-Mexico border, was signed into law: “Nobody should ever have to […]
Cornyn, Harris Bill to Help Border Regions Identify Missing Migrants Heads to President’s Desk
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his bipartisan bill with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act, which will help local jurisdictions improve the recording and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains found along the U.S.-Mexico border, passed the Senate: “Our Texas border communities are stretched […]
As Public-Private Partnerships for Ports of Entry Near Expiration, Cornyn Offers Extension
WASHINGTON –Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced legislation to extend the successful Donation Acceptance Program (DAP) which allows for public-private partnerships at U.S. ports of entry and allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to accept donations of property and technology to more efficiently secure the border and process trade. The program was created by […]
Cornyn, Harris Bill to Help Border Counties Identify Missing Migrants Passes Senate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act, a bipartisan bill he authored with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) to help local jurisdictions improve the recording and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains found along the U.S.-Mexico border: “I’ve heard from too many […]
Cornyn, Cuellar, Texas Border Delegation Demand DHS Plan for Re-Opening Ports of Entry
AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) led a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at our southern ports of entry and demanding a plan to restore normal operations. U.S. Representatives Will Hurd (TX-23), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and […]
Cornyn Honors Border Patrol Agent Donna Doss with Bill to Rename Rocksprings Border Patrol Station
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020 to rename the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Rocksprings, Texas in Agent Doss’s honor. Agent Doss had served more than 15 years in the Border Patrol when she was killed in the line of duty on February 2, 2019 after she […]