Southern Border Crisis
This week, my office was made aware of reports that buses of illegal migrants were traveling through Odessa. I immediately coordinated with Representative Brooks Landgraf, and Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis to investigate the reports. As of now, it is unclear where the buses originated and whether or not the migrants were dropped off or continued on.
I will continue to work with all federal agencies to investigate this matter.
The President’s policies have encouraged more than 4.2 million illegal migrants, including known terrorists and convicted drug criminals to cross the southern border. The Permian Basin should not be forced to pay the price for President Biden’s border crisis. I will continue working closely with our state and local representatives to make sure our community is safe and informed.
The Biden Administration must answer to the American people on why they refuse to work with Republicans to secure our border and prevent terrorists and criminals from entering our country.
As the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Intelligence and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, I recently sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report indicating that the Maduro regime is releasing violent prisoners from Venezuela to be sent in migrant caravans to the Southwest border.
The number of Venezuelan migrants encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has increased nearly 3,000 percent from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2022. Given the reports of the deliberate, nefarious actions of the illegitimate Maduro regime, it is more important than ever that our border patrol agents have the tools and capabilities in place to identify foreign violent criminals and terrorists.
