Cornyn Slams Biden on Trafficking of Unaccompanied Minors, Fentanyl Deaths
News What’s it going to take to get the attention of the Biden administration to finally do something about the Biden border crisis? How many more people need to die? How many more children need to be lost before the Biden administration finally agrees to work with us? WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn […]
ICYMI: On Newsmax, Cornyn Rips Biden Admin for Child Labor Trafficking Scandal
News The Biden administration can’t tell you where they are… whether they’re going to school, whether they’re being adequately fed, their medical needs attended to, or whether they’re forced into involuntary labor, sex trafficked, recruited into gangs. WASHINGTON – Yesterday on Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) condemned the Biden administration’s willful […]
Cornyn: What Will it Take for Senate Democrats to Pay Attention to the Border?
News Biden has completely abdicated his border security responsibilities for more than two-and-a-half years, leading to catastrophic and deadly consequences. 6.9 million migrants coming across the border… 108,000 dead Americans… 300,000 unaccompanied children. What will it take to get the President’s attention? What will it take to get the attention of our Democratic colleagues? WASHINGTON […]
Cornyn Blasts Biden Admin for Child Labor Trafficking Cover-up
News Health and Human Services and the Labor Department shared concerns about labor trafficking… but those reports were either ignored by the White House or intentionally swept under the rug. The administration didn’t just turn a blind eye, it intentionally tried to cover up the widespread exploitation of migrant children. The Biden administration may be […]
Cornyn: Biden Can’t Hide Behind Artificially Low Border Numbers
News We’re encountering more than three times as many migrants as CBP did on a bad day during the Obama administration. The post-Title 42 drop in border crossings doesn’t just ignore those that snuck into the United States, but also those the Biden administration simply waved through… This is another way of hiding the ball. […]
Cornyn, King Introduce Bill to Increase U.S.-Mexico Military Cooperation to Combat Cartels
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced the Partnership for Advancing Regional Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies (PARTNERS) Act, which would allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to train Mexican military forces in the United States to combat cartels in Mexico: “The United States and Mexico must work […]
Cornyn on Biden Admin Ignoring Child Labor Trafficking: ‘A New Hell’
News Countless children have experienced a new hell right here in the United States. The Biden administration can’t tell you where these children are, whether they’re being fed, whether they’re going to school, whether they’re being neglected or abused, or forced into involuntary labor. President Biden’s administration doesn’t know, and I think the sad truth […]
VIDEO: Cornyn: Biden Admin Doesn’t Care About Migrant Child Trafficking
News Senior Biden administration officials… knew about this and continued to move children out of Health and Human Services as fast as possible by loosening vetting requirements for sponsors. President Biden and his administration can’t tell you where these children are… what is being done to them, whether they’re being exploited for labor, whether they’re […]
Cornyn: Biden’s New Immigration Rule is a Playbook for Cartels
News Last week, the administration finalized a rule to funnel even more migrants into parole. The Biden administration has provided migrants and the cartels that exploit them with a playbook. I hope the Senate will soon vote to strike down this rule and send a clear message to President Biden that his job is to […]
Cornyn, Cruz, Kelly Introduce Bill to Expand Starr-Camargo Bridge
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) yesterday introduced the Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act, which would allow an increase in the number of lanes for the toll bridge that runs from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Mexico and facilitates hundreds of millions of dollars in cross-border trade […]
As Title 42 Expires, Cornyn Slams Biden Admin’s Unconstitutional Catch-and-Release Plan
News On the eve of this looming crisis and catastrophe after the end of Title 42, the administration has rolled out something they call the “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule. Rather than stand up new facilities or hire more personnel… the Biden administration has instead chosen to release people into the interior of the country […]
Cornyn, Tillis, Moran, Lankford Release Statement on House Border Bill Ahead of Vote
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and James Lankford (R-OK), who traveled to El Paso, Texas together earlier this year to see the border crisis firsthand, released the following statement ahead of the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote on the Secure the Border Act: “The Secure the […]
VIDEO: Cornyn Calls Out Judiciary Committee’s Inaction Ahead of Title 42 Expiration
News One week from today Title 42 expires, and the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over immigration matters, has been strangely silent. The fact is that what is now a flood of humanity coming across the border is going to turn into a tsunami. I don’t know what it takes for people’s sense of […]
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 […]