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“Startling Stats 4.0” Detail Those Exploiting Biden’s Weak Border Security Policies
“Startling Stats 4.0” Detail Those Exploiting Biden’s Weak Border Security Policies WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the latest edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” factsheet highlighting just-released Customs & Border Protection monthly enforcement numbers for March as well as the...
Startling Revelations From Secretary Mayorkas Hearing Pose More Questions Than Answers
Startling Revelations From Secretary Mayorkas Hearing Pose More Questions Than Answers WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released a recap of stunning revelations from yesterday’s Committee on Homeland Security hearing with DHS Secretary Mayorkas highlighting how the Biden Administration’s open...
Latest “Startling Stats” Show Complete Disorder at the Border
Latest “Startling Stats” Show Complete Disorder at the Border WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the latest edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” factsheet highlighting how the Biden Administration’s open border policies have created absolute disorder at the southern...
Homeland Republicans Release “Startling Stats” on Mounting Border Crisis
Homeland Republicans Release “Startling Stats” on Mounting Border Crisis WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the first edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” factsheet highlighting how the humanitarian crisis and public health crisis at the border continue to intensify as...
Our Insecure Border is Allowing Criminals, Gangs to Thrive
Our Insecure Border is Allowing Criminals, Gangs to Thrive The Problem: Our Border is Not Secure Of the approximately 2,000 miles of U.S.-Mexico border, CBP has determined about 1,500 as suitable for barrier, and only 654 miles had walls or barriers when President Trump took office in 2017. The...
Border Brief: July Border Numbers Show Downward Trend but Apprehensions Remain at Record Highs
Border Brief: July Border Numbers Show Downward Trend but Apprehensions Remain at Record Highs WASHINGTON – July border apprehension data came out last week. On the one hand: The number of migrants who arrived at our southwest border in July is down 21 percent from June and down 43...
Border Briefs: An Update on the Emergency Supplemental
Border Briefs: An Update on the Emergency Supplemental WASHINGTON — After months of Democratic inaction and denial, Congress finally passed an emergency supplemental to address the crisis at the southwest border, which the president signed into law on July 1. As a reminder, here is what the $4.6 billion supplemental...
Border Briefs: Trump Administration Taking Decisive Action on Border Crisis
Border Briefs: Trump Administration Taking Decisive Action on Border Crisis WASHINGTON – It’s no secret that President Trump is using every tool he can to address the border crisis without help from Congress. While the true cause of the crisis are legal loopholes in our immigration system that only Congress...
BEYOND A CRISIS: Border Detentions Up 32 Percent From April
BEYOND A CRISIS: Border Detentions Up 32 Percent From April May Detentions Top 144,000 WASHINGTON – New numbers are out showing yet another record breaking month at the border. In May, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered more than 144,000 migrants along the southwest border. We’re on track...
Myth v. Fact: Correcting the Record on Democrats’ Border Claims
Myth v. Fact: Correcting the Record on Democrats’ Border Claims Democrats are More Interested in Scoring Political Points than the Health and Safety of Migrants at the Border WASHINGTON – We have a humanitarian and security crisis at our southwest border caused by a flood of children and families...
RECORD BREAKING: Migration Numbers Reach Highest Point In Years
RECORD BREAKING: Migration Numbers Reach Highest Point In Years April Data Shows Crushing Numbers of Migrants Arriving at Southwest Border WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Customs and Border Protection released last month’s border data and the numbers are staggering. In April, Border Patrol encountered more than 109,000 migrants along the southwest border—a...
Smugglers Exploit U.S. Law, Children to Churn Profit
Smugglers Exploit U.S. Law, Children to Churn Profit CBP Cameras Caught Armed Men Escorting Mother and 8-year-old Child to Border Human smugglers do not care about the well-being of migrants they’re exploiting – they only care about profit. Often, migrants must walk hundreds of miles across rugged terrain without...
NEW DATA: Border Crisis Worsens
NEW DATA: Border Crisis Worsens Law enforcement encountered so many migrants in March that we had to expand our chart. WASHINGTON – New data shows that apprehensions at the border continued to skyrocket in March. Here’s a breakdown. Customs and Border Protection apprehended 92,607 individuals at the southwest border. Including:...
Crisis at the Border: Walls Work
Crisis at the Border: Walls Work WASHINGTON – In the past, Congress has requested, and the Department of Homeland Security has delivered, a detailed plan of how we can secure the southwest border. Authorizers and appropriators have all seen it. Agents and operators who hold the line every day have contributed...
Changing Dynamics at Southwest Border are Driving a Humanitarian Crisis
Changing Dynamics at Southwest Border are Driving a Humanitarian Crisis President Trump is right: there is a crisis at the southwest border that is a result of demographic shifts and changing migration patterns. Dramatic demographic changes are pushing this crisis Central American smugglers are telling migrants to...
UPDATE: Crisis at the Border – Situation Deteriorating by the Day
UPDATE: Crisis at the Border – Situation Deteriorating by the Day Worsening Border Crisis Threatens National Security, Migrant Safety Hundreds of migrants were held last week underneath the Paso Del Norte International Bridge because CBP ran out of space to process them. Photo courtesy CBP. Setting Records Last Monday,...
Crisis at the Border: More Drugs Seized Between Ports of Entry
Crisis at the Border: More Drugs Seized Between Ports of Entry The numbers show that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seizes more drugs between ports of entry than at ports of entry. * Since FY2012, CBP has seized more than 11 million pounds of drugs between ports of entry,...
Crisis at the Border: More Deterrence Needed to Address Changing Migration Patterns
Crisis at the Border: More Deterrence Needed to Address Changing Migration Patterns More Families, Children Attempting to Enter America Illegally WASHINGTON – Twenty years ago most immigrants illegally crossing the border were single men looking for work. Today, migrants illegally crossing the border are completely different: the number of families...
Crisis at the Border: Border Agents Not Only Tasked with Keeping America Safe, but with Saving Migrant Lives
Crisis at the Border: Border Agents Not Only Tasked with Keeping America Safe, but with Saving Migrant Lives Agents are Increasingly Responding to Migrants Medical Concerns, Taking Them Away from their Border Security Duties WASHINGTON — Last night, we heard from President Trump what we have known for years:...
Even President Obama Recognized Crisis at Southwest Border
Even President Obama Recognized Crisis at Southwest Border 44th President Acknowledged Change in Migration Patterns WASHINGTON We’ve heard Democrats say there s no humanitarian crisis at the southwest border. They claim that because illegal border crossing apprehensions are lower today than they ve been in the past, we...
Press Releases
Katko Statement on DHS Scrapping Biometrics Expansion
Katko Statement on DHS Scrapping Biometrics Expansion WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrawing a proposed rule to expand the use of biometrics: “Biometrics are an important tool...
Katko, House Republicans to TikTok: Stop Allowing Cartel Activity on Platform
Katko, House Republicans to TikTok: Stop Allowing Cartel Activity on Platform WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and 29 House Republicans blasted TikTok for failing to adequately address cartel activity on the platform during an escalating crisis on the...
Meijer Opening Statement in Irregular Migration Hearing
Meijer Opening Statement in Irregular Migration Hearing WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Oversight, Management, and Accountability Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement in a subcommittee hearing on irregular migration in light of the current crisis at the southern border. Ranking Member Meijer’s Opening Statement Mr....
“Startling Stats 5.0” Highlight Exploding Costs of Biden Border Crisis
“Startling Stats 5.0” Highlight Exploding Costs of Biden Border Crisis WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the latest edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” fact sheet, detailing the staggering costs of the crisis at the border. The fact sheet...
Katko to Lead Task Force on American Security
Katko to Lead Task Force on American Security WASHINGTON, DC— Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, was chosen to lead the American Security Task Force, recently announced by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. Announcing the Task Force, Leader McCarthy said, “Bolstering our nation’s...
Higgins Opening Statement in Border Security Hearing
Higgins Opening Statement in Border Security Hearing WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Border Security Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement in a subcommittee hearing on unaccompanied children at the border. Ranking Member Higgins’ Opening Statement (as prepared for delivery) Thank you Madam Chair, and thank...
Katko, Comer: Biden Administration Using Border Crisis to Help Political Allies
Katko, Comer: Biden Administration Using Border Crisis to Help Political Allies As border conditions worsen, massive contract appears to be funneled to Democrat insiders WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), along with...
Homeland Republicans Raise Concerns of Security & Public Health Gaps in Migrant Travel & Vetting
Homeland Republicans Raise Concerns of Security & Public Health Gaps in Migrant Travel & Vetting WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, led members of the Committee in calling for answers on the Biden Administration’s policies for processing and vetting migrants...
Republican Members Visit Border, Share Shocking Realities
Republican Members Visit Border, Share Shocking Realities WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and members of the Homeland Security Committee just returned from a trip to South Texas, where they got a firsthand look at the daily operations of...
Katko Statement on Chris Magnus for CBP Commissioner
Katko Statement on Chris Magnus for CBP Commissioner WASHINGTON, DC— Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the announcement of President Biden’s intent to nominate Chris Magnus as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): “I am...
Katko on President’s Budget: Fails to Address Today’s Pressing Issues
Katko on President’s Budget: Fails to Address Today’s Pressing Issues WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget priorities for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: “From crippling cyber campaigns to...
Katko Leads Republican Member Delegation to McAllen, Texas Border
Katko Leads Republican Member Delegation to McAllen, Texas Border WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced he will visit the border in McAllen, Texas, early next week, joined by fellow Republican members of the Committee on Homeland Security for...
“Startling Stats 4.0” Detail Those Exploiting Biden’s Weak Border Security Policies
“Startling Stats 4.0” Detail Those Exploiting Biden’s Weak Border Security Policies WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the latest edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” factsheet highlighting just-released Customs & Border Protection monthly enforcement numbers for March as well as the...
Del Rio Mayor Outlines Border Crisis Impacts
Del Rio Mayor Outlines Border Crisis Impacts Lozano: “My citizens are furious. They’ve completely lost all respect for this Administration.” WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, held a fireside chat with Bruno Lozano, Mayor of Del Rio, Texas, about...
Katko & Cuellar Tackle Border Crisis with Legislation to Combat Surges
Katko & Cuellar Tackle Border Crisis with Legislation to Combat Surges WASHINGTON, DC— In response to the ongoing crisis at the southwest border, Rep. John Katko (R-NY), lead Republican of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on...
Latest “Startling Stats” Show Untenable Humanitarian Crisis at Southwest Border
Latest “Startling Stats” Show Untenable Humanitarian Crisis at Southwest Border WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the latest edition of Homeland Republicans’ “Startling Stats” factsheet showing how the Biden Administration has lost control of the growing humanitarian crisis at...
Katko on Mornings with Maria: Border Story Needs to Be Told
Katko on Mornings with Maria: Border Story Needs to Be Told WASHINGTON, DC – On Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria, Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY) announced he will lead all Homeland Security Republicans on a trip to the border in the coming weeks and will formally request that press be allowed to...
Katko, Rogers: Administration Resorts to Desperate Measures as Biden Border Crisis Worsens
Katko, Rogers: Administration Resorts to Desperate Measures as Biden Border Crisis Worsens WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Defense approved Fort Bliss and Joint...
Katko: Biden Detached From Reality At Southwest Border
Katko: Biden Detached From Reality At Southwest Border WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s concerning comments on the crisis at the southwest border during his first press conference: “I continue to be deeply...
71 Members of Congress Join Call for Investigation of Wall Construction Suspension
71 Members of Congress Join Call for Investigation of Wall Construction Suspension WASHINGTON, DC – As the crisis at the border continues to intensify, 71 Republican Members of Congress, led by Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), Ranking Member...
