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FACTSHEET: December 2022 Brings Highest Monthly Encounters at Southwest Border Ever Recorded
FACTSHEET: December 2022 Brings Highest Monthly Encounters at Southwest Border Ever Recorded WASHINGTON, DC – While the Biden administration feebly attempts to deflect blame for the unmitigated crisis at our Southwest border, feuding cartels are turning the U.S.-Mexico border into a warzone, an unprecedented number of people on the terrorist...
Katko & Stefanik Take Action to Provide Behavioral Health Support for Frontline CBP Personnel
Katko & Stefanik Take Action to Provide Behavioral Health Support for Frontline CBP Personnel Vowing that One CBP Agent Lost is One Too Many WASHINGTON, DC—Today Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Elise Stefanik...
FACT SHEET: Biden Kicks Off Another Record-Setting Year of Dangerous Border Security Policies
FACT SHEET: Biden Kicks Off Another Record-Setting Year of Dangerous Border Security Policies WASHINGTON, DC – After a year of breaking all the wrong records at the Southwest border, the Biden administration is already on track to surpass its own records this fiscal year. The American people are tired of seeing their...
FACT SHEET: Biden Wraps Up a Record-Breaking Year of Drugs, Death, Devastation & Dereliction of Duty
FACT SHEET: Biden Wraps Up a Record-Breaking Year of Drugs, Death, Devastation & Dereliction of Duty WASHINGTON, DC – Under President Biden, at the U.S.-Mexico border, there has been an unprecedented number of migrant encounters, deaths, terror watchlist apprehensions, smuggled Unaccompanied Alien Children, trafficked drugs, and arrests of border crossers with criminal convictions....
Katko Unveils CISA 2025 Initiative to Outline the Agency’s Path Forward
Katko Unveils CISA 2025 Initiative to Outline the Agency’s Path Forward WASHINGTON, DC – As the nation’s risk advisor, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads the national effort to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats. CISA has been granted several new authorities and increased funding...
FACT SHEET: CISA 2025
FACT SHEET: Biden’s Broken Border: Southwest Border Encounters Surpass 2 Million in a Single Year for First Time Ever
Biden’s Broken Border: Southwest Border Encounters Surpass 2 Million in a Single Year for First Time Ever WASHINGTON, DC – Despite Vice President Kamala Harris’ tone-deaf claims that the border is secure, migrant encounters along the Southwest border have surpassed 2 million in a single year, with one month remaining—a record never before...
American Security Task Force Unveils Border Security Framework for Day One of Republican Majority
American Security Task Force Unveils Border Security Framework for Day One of Republican Majority WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the American Security Task Force (ASTF) unveiled its legislative recommendations to address the worsening crisis at the Southern border created by the Biden administration’s reckless and dangerous border security policies. This framework...
FACT SHEET: The Biden Border Crisis Rages on for the 16th Month in a Row
The Biden Border Crisis Rages on for the 16th Month in a Row WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden Border Crisis rages on for the 16th month in a row with over 150,000 migrant encounters at the Southwest border. Americans across the country continue to feel the devastating and dangerous...
Enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act WASHINGTON, DC – With the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) signed into law last year, it will be vital that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implements the restrictions as intended and holds the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its flagrant human rights violations. This legislation requires...
Republicans Were Right: Terror Watchlisted Individuals Crossing the Border Illegally
Republicans Were Right: Terror Watchlisted Individuals Crossing the Border Illegally WASHINGTON, DC – While Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims that the border crisis is being ‘effectively managed,’ Americans know better. Border Patrol agents have been pulled off the frontline by DHS to process thousands of migrants into the interior...
New Border Numbers: A Year Of Chaos & Crisis
New Border Numbers: A Year Of Chaos & Crisis WASHINGTON, DC – Amid a global pandemic, the number of illegal border encounters reached an all-time high this fiscal year as a result of President Biden’s open border policies. With yet another migrant caravan currently traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border, this...
“Startling Stats 8.0” Show No “Predictable Seasonal Drop” in Biden’s Border Crisis
“Startling Stats 8.0” Show No “Predictable Seasonal Drop” in Biden’s 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, demonstrating President Biden’s border crisis is evolving into a growing...
NEW FACTSHEET: Ending Title 42 Now Will Jeopardize Post-Pandemic Recovery
NEW FACTSHEET: Ending Title 42 Now Will Jeopardize Post-Pandemic Recovery WASHINGTON, DC—Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Homeland Security Republicans released a new factsheet highlighting why, as the U.S. moves steadily toward a post-pandemic recovery, now is not the time to end the...
“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...
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FACTSHEET: December 2022 Brings Highest Monthly Encounters at Southwest Border Ever Recorded
FACTSHEET: December 2022 Brings Highest Monthly Encounters at Southwest Border Ever Recorded WASHINGTON, DC – While the Biden administration feebly attempts to deflect blame for the unmitigated crisis at our Southwest border, feuding cartels are turning the U.S.-Mexico border into a warzone, an unprecedented number of people on the terrorist...
Chairman Green Statement on December Border Encounter Numbers
Chairman Green Statement on December Border Encounter Numbers WASHINGTON, DC— Rep. Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued the below statement on the release of the December monthly Southwest border encounter numbers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In December 2022, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had...
Chairman Green Welcomes New Members to Committee on Homeland Security for 118th Congress
Chairman Green Welcomes New Members to Committee on Homeland Security for 118th Congress WASHINGTON, DC—Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) welcomed the new Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security for the 118th Congress as recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee. The recommendations must be ratified by...
Annual Defense Bill Includes Numerous Priorities to Secure the Homeland
Annual Defense Bill Includes Numerous Priorities to Secure the Homeland WASHINGTON, D.C.— Yesterday the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 was passed by the U.S. Senate and is on its way to be signed into law, with nearly a dozen priorities spearheaded by House Homeland Security Republicans....
Katko & Stefanik Take Action to Provide Behavioral Health Support for Frontline CBP Personnel
Katko & Stefanik Take Action to Provide Behavioral Health Support for Frontline CBP Personnel Vowing that One CBP Agent Lost is One Too Many WASHINGTON, DC—Today Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Elise Stefanik...
FACT SHEET: Biden Kicks Off Another Record-Setting Year of Dangerous Border Security Policies
FACT SHEET: Biden Kicks Off Another Record-Setting Year of Dangerous Border Security Policies WASHINGTON, DC – After a year of breaking all the wrong records at the Southwest border, the Biden administration is already on track to surpass its own records this fiscal year. The American people are tired of seeing their...
Katko on the Attack on CBP AMO Agents in Puerto Rico by Drug Smugglers
Katko on the Attack on CBP AMO Agents in Puerto Rico by Drug Smugglers WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the ambush on CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents by drug smugglers in Puerto Rico yesterday. “I...
Katko Opening Statement in Worldwide Threats Hearing
Katko Opening Statement in Worldwide Threats Hearing WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following statement in a full committee hearing entitled, “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.” Ranking Member Katko’s Opening Statement (as prepared for delivery) Thank you,...
FACT SHEET: Biden Wraps Up a Record-Breaking Year of Drugs, Death, Devastation & Dereliction of Duty
FACT SHEET: Biden Wraps Up a Record-Breaking Year of Drugs, Death, Devastation & Dereliction of Duty WASHINGTON, DC – Under President Biden, at the U.S.-Mexico border, there has been an unprecedented number of migrant encounters, deaths, terror watchlist apprehensions, smuggled Unaccompanied Alien Children, trafficked drugs, and arrests of border crossers with criminal convictions....
House Homeland Republicans On DHS’ Friday Night Release of September Border Encounters
House Homeland Republicans On DHS’ Friday Night Release of September Border Encounters WASHINGTON, DC – House Homeland Security Republicans released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security released the fiscal year 2022 (FY 22) September border encounter numbers late at night on Friday, showing FY 22 total migrant...
FACT SHEET: Biden’s Broken Border: Southwest Border Encounters Surpass 2 Million in a Single Year for First Time Ever
Biden’s Broken Border: Southwest Border Encounters Surpass 2 Million in a Single Year for First Time Ever WASHINGTON, DC – Despite Vice President Kamala Harris’ tone-deaf claims that the border is secure, migrant encounters along the Southwest border have surpassed 2 million in a single year, with one month remaining—a record never before...
Katko Opening Statement in Full Committee Markup
Katko Opening Statement in Full Committee Markup WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following opening statement in today’s full Committee markup. Ranking Member Katko’s Opening Statement (as prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m pleased we are having...
FACTSHEET: The Biden Border Crisis Presents a Significant Security Risk
FACTSHEET: The Biden Border Crisis Presents a Significant Security Risk WASHINGTON, DC – Despite a record number of illegal border crossings, including encounters with known or suspected terrorists, President Biden, “Border Czar” Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continue to strip U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
WTAS: Key Border Security Players Show Support for American Security Task Force Framework
WTAS: Key Border Security Players Show Support for American Security Task Force Framework WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last week, the American Security Task Force (ASTF) unveiled its legislative recommendations to address the worsening crisis at the Southern border created by the Biden administration’s reckless and dangerous border security policies. This framework will be prioritized...
Katko Discusses Killing of al Qaeda Leader on The Fox News Rundown Podcast
Katko Discusses Killing of al Qaeda Leader on The Fox News Rundown Podcast WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, joined the Fox News “Rundown” podcast to discuss the terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan one year after President Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal....
Katko: The Biden Administration Has No Plan to Address the Crisis at the Southwest Border
Katko: The Biden Administration Has No Plan to Address the Crisis at the Southwest Border WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee, released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s reckless decision to terminate the Trump administration’s ’Remain in Mexico’ policy,...
American Security Task Force Unveils Border Security Framework for Day One of Republican Majority
American Security Task Force Unveils Border Security Framework for Day One of Republican Majority WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the American Security Task Force (ASTF) unveiled its legislative recommendations to address the worsening crisis at the Southern border created by the Biden administration’s reckless and dangerous border security policies. This framework...
Katko to Mayorkas: Stop Recruiting Journalists to Process Migrants at the Southwest Border
Katko to Mayorkas: Stop Recruiting Journalists to Process Migrants at the Southwest Border WASHINGTON, DC – As first reported in an exclusive from the Daily Caller, Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, is calling out the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) blatant lack of strategy to manage the Biden Border...
Katko Discusses NYC & DC Mayors’ Response to Biden Border Crisis on Fox
Katko Discusses NYC & DC Mayors’ Response to Biden Border Crisis on Fox WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News’ The Story to discuss Mayor Eric Adams’ comments about the impacts of the Biden Border...
Homeland Republicans Successfully Push Back on DHS’ Absurd Terrorist Privacy Waiver Demands
Homeland Republicans Successfully Push Back on DHS’ Absurd Terrorist Privacy Waiver Demands WASHINGTON, D.C.— After being told by two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components that they would not brief Homeland Security Republicans on two significant terrorist plots planned on U.S. soil without a signed privacy waiver from the suspected terrorists,...