Rogers Leads Efforts to Address Border Crisis
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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...
Defining a Border Wall System
Defining a Border Wall System Physical Barriers, Access Roads, & 21st Century Tech Together Make an “All-of-the-Above” Strategy to Secure our Borders Republicans support an all-of-the-above strategy to secure our borders. Effective border security requires multiple tools and tactics. To assess the threat landscape in certain areas of responsibility...
Press Releases
ICYMI: Democrats Dismiss Efforts to Protect Children, Uphold Rule of Law, Protect Law Enforcement
ICYMI: Democrats Dismiss Efforts to Protect Children, Uphold Rule of Law, Protect Law Enforcement Homeland Democrats Ram Through Hyper-Partisan Border Bill, Reject Republican Amendments WASHINGTON – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee advanced H.R. 2203, which would undermine border security, endanger children, threaten our communities and do nothing...
Rogers Statement on H.R. 2203 at Homeland Security Markup
Rogers Statement on H.R. 2203 at Homeland Security Markup WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Homeland Security Committee ranking member, today delivered a statement on H.R. 22022, a hyper-partisan border bill that would undermine U.S. security and do nothing to address the underlying causes of the border crisis....
Rogers: Democrats Ramming Through Far-Left, Open-Border Bill
Rogers: Democrats Ramming Through Far-Left, Open-Border Bill Top Homeland Security Republican Says, “So today, in one of the worst rush jobs I’ve seen in the 16 years I’ve been on this committee, the Chairman is hastily moving H.R. 2203.” WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Homeland Security Committee ranking...
Rogers Statement on Third-Country Asylum Rule
Rogers Statement on Third-Country Asylum Rule WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement following an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) that they will issue a third-country asylum rule. “Smugglers and criminals have...
Rogers Leads Charge Against Open-Border Policies
WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, led opposition to three Democratic amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have exacerbated the border crisis and taken an already partisan NDAA even further to
Rogers Votes for Bipartisan Border Supplemental
Rogers Votes for Bipartisan Border Supplemental WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after voting for a bipartisan border supplemental: “I’m glad that House Democrats finally came to their senses and joined Republicans in advancing a bipartisan border supplemental...
Rogers: Democrats Chose to Appease the Radical Left and Reject Bipartisan Consensus
Rogers: Democrats Chose to Appease the Radical Left and Reject Bipartisan Consensus Top Homeland Republican Joins House Republican Leadership to Demand Action on Border Crisis WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), and Republican Conference Chair Liz...
ICYMI: Rogers Joins C-SPAN’s Newsmakers, Talks Border, Iran
ICYMI: Rogers Joins C-SPAN’s Newsmakers, Talks Border, Iran WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined C-SPAN’s Newsmakers to discuss the humanitarian crisis at the border, Iran, border security and more....
House Democrats Block Humanitarian Border Crisis Funding for 17th Time
House Democrats Block Humanitarian Border Crisis Funding for 17th Time WASHINGTON – House Democrats today blocked another motion that would have allowed the House to consider Homeland Security Ranking Member Mike Rogers’ (R-Ala.) H.R. 3056, the Border Crisis Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019, which provides $4.5 billion to address the...
BLOCKED: Democrats Block Humanitarian Border Aid For Third Time
BLOCKED: Democrats Block Humanitarian Border Aid For Third Time Top Homeland Republican Gives Democrats Another Opportunity to Provide Humanitarian Aid for Migrants WASHINGTON – House Democrats again stopped the House from considering humanitarian aid for the border crisis. Today, Democrats blocked a motion that
Rogers Statement on Immigration Agreement with Mexico
Rogers Statement on Immigration Agreement with Mexico WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement following the announcement that Mexico has agreed to take action to secure its borders and reduce illegal immigration into the United States. “President Trump’s...
Rogers: H.R. 6 Rewards Illegal Immigrants, Ignores Border Crisis
Rogers: H.R. 6 Rewards Illegal Immigrants, Ignores Border Crisis Top Homeland Republican Speaks Against H.R. 6 on House Floor WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) today urged his colleagues to vote against H.R. 6 on the House floor. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. Madam Chairman, there...
Democrats Again Reject Humanitarian Border Aid
Democrats Again Reject Humanitarian Border Aid Not a Single Democrat Voted in Favor of Considering H.R. 3056 WASHINGTON – Today House Democrats yet again prevented the House from considering humanitarian aid for the border crisis. They voted 228-192 to block House Homeland Security Ranking Member Mike Rogers’ (R-Ala.) H.R....
Rogers Statement on Disaster Supplemental Vote
WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement after he voted in favor of a disaster supplemental package that contained funding for disaster relief for communities hit by natural disasters, including tornadoes. “This legislation will provide much needed relief...
Rogers Statement on Mexico Tariffs
Rogers Statement on Mexico Tariff WASHINGTON –Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement following President Trump’s announcement that he intends to impose tariffs on Mexican imports until the border crisis is addressed. “In the face of record numbers of children...
Rogers Statement on White House Immigration Plan
Rogers Statement on White House Immigration Plan WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement following the release of the Trump administration’s plan to strengthen border security and reform legal immigration. “A White House plan to boost border security...
Democrats Ignore Emergency Border Crisis Funding
Democrats Ignore Emergency Border Crisis Funding Democrats Reject Rogers, Collins Proposal to Provide Border Funding WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today urged colleagues to oppose a Democrat measure blocking House consideration of an
Rogers, Collins Propose Emergency Resources for Border Crisis
Rogers, Collins Propose Emergency Resources for Border Crisis Top Homeland, Judiciary Republicans Introduce Amendment to Fund Administration’s Request WASHINGTON –Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Republican and Doug Collins, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican, today submitted an amendment to H.R. 2157, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019, which...
Rogers Backs Bipartisan Effort to Boost Border Patrol Pay
Rogers Backs Bipartisan Effort to Boost Border Patrol Pay Top Homeland Republican Signs onto Cuellar’s Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2019 WASHINGTON –Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today announced he is joining Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) in support of H.R....
Rogers Supports Trump Efforts to Address Migrant Influx
Rogers Supports Trump Efforts to Address Migrant Influx WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today applauded President Trump’s announcement that his administration will take action to enhance the efficiency of the U.S. asylum system. “Our asylum system is broken and human...
