Texas demands feds fork over immigration database to check for illegal voters
Said Carlos Duarte, the Texas director of Mi Familia Vota: "This is happening so close to the election that the actual effect is going to be disenfranchising people who otherwise should be eligible to...
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Ten key changes in immigration enforcement during Obama years
The Obama administration has overhauled immigration enforcement over the last three years, with nearly two dozen administrative changes that have lightened the day-to-day burden on many of the...
View ArticleTexMessage: Lamar Smith says Obama ‘is trying to trick the American people’...
A Democrat breaking records for the number of illegal immigrant deportations? Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, isn't so sure about those Obama administration claims. Smith, chairman of House Judiciary...
View ArticleTexMessage: Michael McCaul says border security is his No. 2 goal (after...
Newly elected House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said after dealing with militant groups al Qaeda and Hezbollah, his next top priority in the position is to secure the border....
View ArticleRon Paul: Political left and right both off the mark on gun legislation
Texas on the Potomac regularly publishes political commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we offer a “Texas Straight Talk” column by Texas congressman Ron Paul. The senseless and...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn: ‘We have a long, long way to go’ on immigration reform
Despite a bipartisan plan to reform immigration laws, divisions between Democrats and Republicans over citizenship were exposed Wednesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee opened its first hearing on...
View ArticleTexMessage: Cybersecurity experts urge Congress for stronger public-private...
TexMessage Thursday, March 14 Good morning, TexMessagers! Is Congress doing enough to keep our electronic infrastructure secure? TEXclusive A Department of Homeland Security deputy secretary and...
View ArticleCornyn, citing ‘serious concerns,’ seeks Senate hearing on released ICE...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn wants Department of Homeland Security officials to explain why over 2,000 immigrant detainees were released last month. In a letter to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chair of the...
View ArticleTexMessage: Is the border secure? Administration says yes, Cornyn says no,...
TexMessage Thursday, March 28 Good morning, TexMessagers! Do you think our border is secure? TEXclusive President Obama spoke confidently about immigration reform this week, saying he believes he could...
View ArticleRep. McCaul raises questions on easy global entry for air travelers from...
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul has some questions about an agreement signed by the Department of Homeland Security and Saudi Arabia to discuss a trusted traveler program that would make it easier for air...
View ArticleCornyn, McCaul demand control of border as prelude to immigration reform
Sen. John Cornyn and House Homeland Security Committee chairman. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, filed legislation today that would force the Department of Homeland Security to tangibly measure border...
View ArticleTexMessage: Homeland Security heads say border more secure than in decades
TexMessage Thursday, April 11 Good morning, TexMessagers! How do we know when the border is secure?) TEXclusive On Capitol Hill, the immigration debate has created sharp division, but one area with a...
View ArticleMcCaul says bomb pieces are most important evidence in ‘biggest event since...
After being briefed by the Department of Homeland Security last night, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul of Austin reported that the pieces of the bombs recovered by...
View ArticleTexMessage: McCaul’s bipartisan border security bill breezes through House panel
TexMessage Thursday, April 25 Good morning, TexMessagers! How do we know when the border is secure? TEXclusive A border security bill requiring the Department of Homeland Security to report progress to...
View ArticleExperts tell Congress that privacy must be paramount in changes to...
As Congress prepares to improve cybersecurity, experts are urging lawmakers to balance threat detection with individual privacy. Privacy lawyers and a representative from software security company...
View ArticleSenators call border security the major hurdle in immigration reform
With $4 billion more to be slated for border security as part of the immigration reform proposal, senators today debated with Homeland Security Department officials over what it will take to secure the...
View ArticleTexMessage: Immigration scorecard — Texas senators are 4 for 7 so far on...
TexMessage Tuesday, May 14 Good morning, TexMessagers! What impact do Texas lawmakers have on the immigration debate? TEXclusive Texas’ two Republican senators have done better in the immigration...
View ArticleCornyn releases somber video on migrant deaths to illustrate dangers of...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn released a video this week in an attempt to create a somber reminder of the struggle many undocumented immigrants face to escape to America. The video also was an effort to...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn says his proposal is an ‘antidote’ to heal immigration system,...
In response to those who have described the immigration plan he introduced today as “a poison pill” to kill comprehensive immigration reform, Texas Sen. John Cornyn said it would have the opposite...
View ArticleCornyn defends his RESULTS amendment as Senate resumes immigration debate
Sen. John Cornyn strongly rejected characterizations of his RESULTS amendment as a “poison pill” on the Senate floor this afternoon, calling boosted border control an essential condition to closing...
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