Bennie Thompson: “The subject of today's hearing is of particular importance to me, since I was one of a small group of legislators who…”

Republican failures have shut down the Department of Homeland Security for more than 40 days. Before this Republican shutdown, the Trump administration did its dead level best to hollow out the Department and make America less safe. At…

I include in the Record a fact sheet released by the Department of Homeland Security this morning that shows President Biden's Presidential Proclamation to temporarily suspend the entry of certain noncitizens across the southern border has…

This bill does not provide the Secretary of Homeland Security authority to issue a waiver from funding restrictions if it is in the interest of America's national security. Without this waiver, we just cannot get behind this bill. We need…

If my Republican colleagues are worried about migrant children, I encourage them to look at policy solutions and to engage on a bipartisan bill, such as the Senate bipartisan border bill, where we can make real change. I encourage the…