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WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell today introduced the Cartel and Radical Terrorist Enforcement Log (CARTEL) Act, which requires Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to report if individuals on the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) were released into the interior of the United States along with individuals affiliated with cartel organizations.
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, has taken his fight to defend the U.S. from the battlefield to the halls of Congress, where the freshman representative has recently introduced or supported a flury of immigration and border security reforms.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced the Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act, which amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit Byrne JAG program funds to be used for anti-human trafficking efforts.
FIRST ON FOX: A group of over 40 lawmakers signed on to an Amicus brief supporting the state of Texas in its legal battle with the Biden administration after the Justice Department sued the state earlier this year over a law that would allow Texas police the ability to arrest illegal migrants.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) voted today to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas because of Secretary Mayorkas’ willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and his breach of the public trust. The vote in the House of Representatives follows a nearly year-long investigation into the border crisis by the Committee on Homeland Security.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) is introducing the Jalisco Cartel Neutralization Act in the House of Representatives. This bicameral legislation would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish a strategy to kill or capture Jalisco cartel leadership and provide a report to Congress on their progress. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is introducing the companion legislation in the Senate.
Republicans introduced a bill Thursday that would require the Department of Defense to draft a plan to capture or kill the leadership of a deadly Mexican cartel responsible for smuggling huge amounts of drugs into the U.S.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has become one of Mexico's most murderous drug smuggling rings over the past decade. The group is infamous for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S. but also for their gruesome murders.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), along with 23 of his colleagues, sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott supporting his recent actions to secure the southern border and encouraging the Governor to continue holding the line against the Biden Administration’s efforts to undermine our national security.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) introduced the Defend Our Borders from Armed Invaders Act in the United States House of Representatives. This legislation would authorize the National Guard to escalate force as necessary to repel an armed individual attempting to illegally cross the United States border from Mexico.
Political polarization over the U.S. border has exploded in the aftermath of this week’s Supreme Court ruling on razor wire, pitting the U.S. government and its liberal-leaning allies against the rights of deep red border states.