Border Security
As the Chairman Emeritus of the Homeland Security Committee and a lifelong Texan, I am committed to securing America's borders.
After President Biden rescinded Trump-era policies that secured our border, illegal border crossings rose to record highs. Our border agents are now dealing with thousands of crossings each day, increased cartel activity, drug smuggling, and more. Fentanyl-related deaths have also risen to record highs, killing thousands of young Americans.
In the 118th Congress, I joined with my Texas Republican colleagues to introduce a border security plan. Together, we are working to put an end to the border crisis Texans are facing each day. I also voted in support of the Secure the Border Act, which contained my provision to compel the Biden administration to bring back Remain in Mexico, a policy that successfullyworked to keep migrants in Mexico while awaiting their asylum hearings.
I am committed to continuing this work to secure our borders and protect our national security.
More on Border Security
WASHINGTON – At today's House Homeland Security Committee markup, Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul (R-Texas) urged his colleagues to support the Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act, legislation he introduced with Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) to combat the fentanyl crisis by strengthening information sharing across the Department of Homeland Security and establishing clear metrics for detecting, deterring, and seizing fentanyl. The legislation passed the committee unanimously.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security — welcomed the Department of Homeland Security’s “Notice of Funding Opportunity” opening grant applications for a total of $10 billion in reimbursements to border states for costs incurred under the Biden administration.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (D-Texas) reintroduced the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) Authorization Act, which would authorize a successful Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that partners with other countries to help identify and stop dangerous criminals and potential terrorists from reaching our borders.
WASHINGTON – Starting today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul — chairman of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group (IPG) — is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) to Mexico to meet with Mexican lawmakers and other government officials.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — joined U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas) in urging the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize Texas when disbursing the $13.5 billion set aside in the One Big Beautiful Bill for states that incurred costs to secure the border under the Biden administration.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security — voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill to deliver on President Trump's agenda.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees — joined Margaret Brennan on CBS' "Face The Nation" to discuss the latest on Iran, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and President Trump's efforts to secure our border.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — was featured in a Fox News article highlighting his successful push to secure $12 billion in federal funding to reimburse states for costs incurred to secure the border under the Biden administration. Texas, which has spent over $11 billion under Operation Lone Star to combat the border crisis, is expected to receive the majority of these funds.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced the House passage of a provision reimbursing border states — primarily Texas — with $12 billion for costs incurred to secure the border under the Biden administration. McCaul has championed the provision and advocated for its passage for months, working hand-in-hand with House GOP leadership and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.).
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — joined his colleagues in marking up the committee’s budget reconciliation recommendations, which will provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s primary border security mission, among other provisions.