Economic and business leaders from McAllen, Texas and Reynosa, Mexico criticized the border security plan put forth by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX). In a meeting one day following McCaul’s visit to the border region, the business leaders met and said that people living along the border need to be consulted in any plan to secure the border.
House leadership intends to tackle “issues” with a controversial border bill after a new conservative group claimed credit for getting the measure yanked off this week’s schedule.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is as high as it’s been since mid-2013, reaching 50 percent on Monday according to Gallup. This comes as Republicans have backed down from several immigration campaign promises as they seek to “govern” rather than follow through on what they said they were going to do.
The controversial border security legislation that was supposed to receive a House vote Wednesday has been pulled from the schedule. A House leadership aide blamed the weather. A decision on when the bill will receive a vote remains to be determined, the aide added.
A border bill introduced by House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) has less than 50 miles of border fencing because McCaul thinks it would cost American taxpayers too much to secure the whole border, McCaul aides tell Breitbart News. In addition, committee materials that were distributed to House Republicans in an effort to win their support for the bill contain provably false information—specifically a claim that there are already 652 miles of double-layer fencing, of the 700 miles required by law, built on the U.S. border with Mexico.
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) declared that the border security proposal by Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) would lead to a situation where”five years from now, we’re not going to have control of the border and nobody’s going to do anything about
Breitbart Texas’ Managing Director Brandon Darby responded to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul’s (R-Texas) claim that the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector is “the most wide open unprotected sector that we have on the U.S. – Mexico border.” Darby said, “He’s dead wrong about the RGV sector. In fact, he’s substantially wrong about his border security approach across the board.”
As House Republicans prepare to take a vote on what Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) calls the “strongest border security bill” to ever appear before Congress, a union of Border Patrol agents argue it is not tough enough. The House is slated to vote on the “Secure our Borders First Act” this week and the effort’s leaders have billed it as part of a step-by-step approach to dealing with the nation’s immigration problems.
The president of the union representing 12,000 officers and employees of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is attacking House Republicans’ upcoming border legislation for not dealing with immigration fraud. The leaders in the House effort, however, say the bill is part of a process.
After taking down then House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary last year, Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) is aiming to slay a border bill from House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)—a bill Brat says is a “Trojan Horse” for amnesty.
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) says his border bill is the “strongest” border bill ever introduced in Congress. Yet, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), it does nothing to change President Obama’s immigration policies that allow illegal aliens to stay in America when they get here.
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, said that the border security bill sponsored by Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) would do nothing to “deter or send home a single illegal alien” on Tuesday’s “Laura Ingraham
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), arguably the intellectual leader of the national movement against immigration amnesty, has come out swinging against a new border bill proposed by House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX). Sessions writes that McCaul’s bill does nothing to stop Obama’s catch-and-release immigration policies.
A new bill from Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, may be nothing more than a stalking horse for a larger immigration package that House Republican leadership seeks, anti-amnesty leaders tell Breitbart News.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) says he anticipates there will be more small-cell, Paris-style attacks in the future, because they are difficult to detect. McCaul noted that the U.S. is not immune from that threat of foreign fighters bringing the war to the U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson vowed that President Obama will not defund his executive action on immigration and criticized Republicans for using DHS funding as a “political football,” a concern that he said House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX)
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said that he and other Republicans would work out a deal to avoid shutting down the Department of Homeland Security when its funding expires in March on Wednesday’s “Situation Room” on CNN.
The hostage situation in an Australia cafe carried out by an Iranian gunman should galvanize America and her allies against the threat of Islamic extremism, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) says. “What we’ve witnessed in Sydney
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is claiming that President Obama’s executive action was consistent with his multiple statements on the illegal nature of executive actions on immigration reform. During a House committee hearing this morning, Homeland Security Chairman Rep.
It would be “a slap in the face” to Americans if President Obama moves forward with executive amnesty, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) warned Wednesday. “The latest indications that you will
A border security proposal from Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) that has already prompted fierce criticism on the right is included in the forthcoming proposal from a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner, according to Rep. John Carter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “I don’t how to say it, being a guy who doesn’t curse a lot,” Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon responded when asked about President Obama’s $3.7 billion supplemental emergency request to deal with the ongoing crisis at
HOUSTON, Texas–On Thursday lawmakers gathered near the Texas-Mexico border to discuss the illegal immigration crisis at a House Homeland Security Committee field hearing. U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) wasted no time tip-toeing around what he believes to be
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, called for the federal government to send the National Guard to the border, and stricter enforcement of the United States and Mexico’s borders to stop the flood of
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general could face prosecution for allegations he worked with top advisors to former DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano to soften investigative reports, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told
U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) spoke on March 2 in a hearing called “Taking Down the Cartels: Examining United States – Mexico Cooperation.” He stressed cooperation between the two nations in curbing drug trafficking across the
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people before committing suicide in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009 had shown no recent risks of violence,
Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) appeared on the Fox News Channel to discuss the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) said on Sunday’s airing of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” he did not believe NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden acted alone…
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested a budget increase this year, some of which will be used in preparing for fraud among Obamacare programs, including the embattled insurance
(AP) US quietly offers bounties for Benghazi attackersBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department said Friday that it has been quietly offering rewards since January of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told radio’s Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that he has told House Speaker John Boehner that he must publicly promise there will be no conference committee on the Senate’s “Gang of Eight”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) The head of the House Homeland Security Committee “We always are concerned about our credibility. The problem is, I think, lobbing a few Tomahawk missiles will not restore our credibility overseas. It’s kind of a face-saving
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, appearing on Face the Nation (CBS) on Sunday, said that the latest threats emanating from al Qaeda are the “one of the most specific and credible threats I’ve seen, perhaps
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Breitbart News exclusively that he does not believe the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill should go to conference with any immigration bills the House produces. In fact, he says
After House Republicans met in conference on Wednesday for several hours discussing their pathway forward on immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Whip Kevin McCarthy, Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, on CNN’s “State of the Union” on the President’s recent speech on counterterrorism.
The U.S. State Department states that Richard Falk of the U.N. Human Rights Council, cannot be fired even though he has made virulently anti-American and anti-Israel statements. Falk has said that the Boston Marathon bombings were connected to the “American
The chair of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told CNN Monday night that Massachusetts law enforcement has a “person of interest” in custody in the investigation of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line.
Marking its first high-profile American hire, Al Jazeera has announced that it has acquired CNN’s former chief business correspondent, Ali Velshi, for its new Al Jazeera America cable network. Al Jazeera America is preparing for a summer launch after having
