Cornyn, Colleagues Demand Changes to Biden Admin Rule Endangering Unaccompanied Migrant Children
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter yesterday with 38 of his Senate Republican colleagues urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to overhaul its harmful and negligent policies governing the agency’s treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the United States, including a […]
Cornyn: No National Security Supplemental Without Border Policy Changes
News The supplemental’s supposed to be all about national security, but it fails to deliver anything on one of the most urgent national security priorities, and that is the crisis at the southern border. In all the time I’ve been working on this issue, I’ve never seen anything like the current situation. If Senator Schumer […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Presidio County Judge
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Presidio County Judge Joe Portillo to discuss cross-border trade opportunities, the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge Project, and the delayed issuance of presidential permits for key bridge projects. Last month, Sens. Cornyn and Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite […]
PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with IBWC Commissioner
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) Dr. Maria-Elena Giner to discuss the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande between the U.S. and Mexico. In August, Sen. Cornyn called […]
VIDEO: Cornyn on the Biden Border Crisis: ‘Enough is Enough’
News Enough is enough. We’re not going to proceed to this emergency supplemental that the President has asked for unless and until policy changes are made. The City of Eagle Pass has lost at least $500,000 during a closure of a bridge due to the influx of migrants. We’re not going to miss this opportunity […]
Cornyn Reiterates Call for Border Policy Changes in National Security Supplemental
News We need to… address the supplemental funding bill that the President has proposed. The price of getting this done will also include major policy changes at the border. My state is on the front line of the Biden Border Crisis, and it is getting worse by the day. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, […]
Cornyn Op-Ed: What Does Biden Have to Hide on the Border?
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed on FoxNews.com to highlight his Southern Border Transparency Act, which he introduced this week with more than 20 Senate Republicans. This legislation would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to accurately report how it is handling migrants encountered at the border and […]
Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill Forcing Biden Admin to Make Catch-and-Release Data Public
News Legislation Would Require the Biden Administration to Release Data on Unlawful Migrant Release Programs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Susan Collins (R-ME), and 21 of their Senate Republican colleagues today introduced the Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of […]
Cornyn Recaps Border Trip, Calls on Biden to End Catch and Release
News President Biden’s border policies have made it so that people from anywhere in the world can come to the southern border, say the magic words, and be released into the United States. America’s southern border is the world’s worst-kept secret. Until the administration starts deterring would-be migrants with frivolous asylum claims from even approaching […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Blasts Biden Admin for Migrant Child Abuse Scandal
News In 85,000 cases when a call was made 30 days after the child was placed with a sponsor, there was no answer. You can’t tell us whether they’re being neglected or otherwise abused… if you cared to find out, then you could do something about it. It’s obvious to me that the Biden administration […]
Cornyn Discusses Biden’s Border Funding Request, Previews Border Trip
News [President Biden’s] emergency funding request shows he’s still absolutely disinterested in solving this crisis… We need real changes, which produce real consequences. Senator Cruz and I are leading another visit to the Rio Grande Valley, and I’m glad that Senator Ricketts, Senator Lee, and Senator Barrasso will join us. There couldn’t be a more […]
Cornyn: Biden’s Border Crisis is Devastating American Cities
News Cities across the country, from El Paso to New York City, are overwhelmed by the burden of caring for these migrants who have no plausible claim to be in the country legally. I didn’t think it was possible for the Biden border crisis to get worse, but it clearly has. Congress needs to act […]
Cornyn on Fox: Biden Doesn’t Care About the Border Crisis
News The President’s afraid of the progressive base, who believes in open borders. I’m proud of the work that Governor Abbott, the Texas legislature… National Guard, and Department of Public Safety have done. If they weren’t doing it, nothing would be there between the cartels and our country, and it would be immeasurably worse. WASHINGTON […]
Cornyn on the Biden Admin Releasing Migrants onto U.S. Streets
News Because the Border Patrol can’t keep up with the influx of people, they simply are now releasing them. We’re here, ready to meet [President Biden] halfway, but all we hear is crickets. It’s past the time to adopt policies and impose consequences. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed […]
Cornyn Announces Support for the Secure the Border Act
News Sen. Cornyn Cosponsors Senate Companion to House-Passed Border Security Legislation WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced today that he has cosponsored the Secure the Border Act, border security legislation that would tighten asylum standards to address frivolous asylum claims, narrow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) power to abuse its discretion […]