Cornyn Calls for Biden Admin to Testify on Migrant Child Labor Trafficking
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led a letter with nine of his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues urging Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice to testify before the Committee on the Biden […]
Cornyn Highlights Stories from Texas Parents, Students Affected by Fentanyl Crisis
News We continue to hear and read heartbreaking stories of teens who overdosed in their bedrooms, or in a car, or at school. Earlier this week, I heard more heartbreaking stories from folks in Carrollton, Texas. Until the Biden administration steps up and does its duty to secure the border… there will continue to be […]
VIDEO: Cornyn: Biden Admin Allowed Migrant Child Trafficking, Silenced Whistleblowers
News The Biden administration knew that children were being exploited and willingly failed to act. It repeatedly brushed aside warnings and continued to prioritize speed over safety. The American people need to know, is this an example of gross negligence, of whistleblower chilling, or just simply willful violation of the law by the Biden administration? […]
Cornyn on Fox: Biden Admin Ignoring Migrant Child Trafficking
News Forced labor, as bad as it is, may not be the worst conditions these children are subjected to – recruited in gangs, sex trafficked, abused – and the Biden administration doesn’t know where they are or what’s happening to them. What we have is a basic policy failure due to the Biden open-border policies. […]
Cornyn to Biden: Clock is Ticking on Title 42
News As though the cartels don’t have enough business already, they’re about to be given the gift of a lifetime when Title 42 ends in six weeks. Once it disappears in May, the floodgates will be wide open. Their drug trafficking and human smuggling have never been more profitable, and they’re gearing up for an […]
VIDEO: Cornyn to Mayorkas: ‘You Should Be Fired’
News Mr. Secretary, would you like to take the opportunity here today to apologize to these parents who lost their children because of fentanyl poisoning, because of the policies of your Department and the Biden administration? You won’t answer our questions, and you won’t acknowledge responsibility. You should be fired, but you haven’t been fired […]
Cornyn: Expanding Refugee Resettlement Program Won’t Solve Border Crisis
News Let’s be clear: increasing refugee resettlement is not the solution to what we see on the border happening today. The solution to the crisis lies in enforcing our immigration laws and deterring migrants from undertaking the dangerous journey to the southern border when they do not have a valid basis for asylum. The Biden […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Recaps Discussion with Mexican President on Cartels, Drugs, Unchecked Migration
News The Mexican government is unfortunately failing to meet its side of the responsibilities. We forcefully presented our frustration with the ongoing cartel violence, the drug trafficking, and unchecked migration. We told President López Obrador that his administration must do more to address these challenges, and we emphasized that the failure to do so will […]
Cornyn Leads Delegation to Mexico to Meet with President López Obrador, Urge Cooperation on Mutual Security Challenges
News WASHINGTON – This afternoon, a congressional delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) returned to the U.S. after meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and visiting intelligence, drug enforcement, and government officials in Mexico. The delegation, which included Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Mike Lee […]
Cornyn, Carper Introduce Bill to Strengthen Cross-Border Trade, Guard Against Terrorism
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced legislation to create a pilot program to strengthen the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program: “In order for America to remain competitive in global markets, we must ensure our ports are open, efficient, and secure,” said Sen. Cornyn. “This legislation would […]
Cornyn: Biden Budget ‘More Talk with No Action’ on Border
News Last week… President Biden released his budget for the next fiscal year, which gave us an unvarnished view of what he truly values. Despite saying he cares about the border, President Biden has made it absolutely clear he isn’t serious about addressing the crisis at our southern border. His budget is not a serious […]
On Fox, Cornyn Announces Resolution to Block Proposed Biden Immigration Rule
News ‘We’re going to introduce a Congressional Review Act, which is a way Congress can overrule that administrative rule because I believe it will do nothing but make things worse.’ ‘We need to have orderly, humane, and legal immigration and stop the drugs coming across the border. What we are doing now does not work.’ […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Presses Biden Intel Chiefs on Fentanyl Trafficking
News Last year alone, we lost 108,000 Americans to drugs that are coming across the southwestern border. This is like losing a large passenger jet every day for more than a year. We are losing, and what I want to know is what do we need to win? WASHINGTON – Today in the Senate Select […]
On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Americans Kidnapped, Murdered by Mexican Drug Cartel Members
News This is the latest, sad chapter in a continuing saga of violence and lawlessness. We need to hear the President say that he is going to protect American sovereignty. I would take nothing off the table when it comes to protecting American lives. WASHINGTON – Today on Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum, […]
Cornyn Recaps Border Visit, Calls on Biden to Enforce the Law
News On Friday, we spoke with local, state, and federal law enforcement about the far-reaching security impact of this broken border. The current state of affairs is unsustainable, but President Biden continues to promote the false narrative that only Congress can fix this border crisis. We don’t need to completely rewrite our immigration laws in […]