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WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Director Robin Dunn Marcos addressing concerns over the Office of Refugee Settlement’s (ORR) failure to properly ensure the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied children following a February 2024 report issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG). Additionally, the letter also points to
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA) introduced the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act. This bipartisan legislation will require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a plan to Congress to identify, integrate, and deploy new, innovative, advanced technologies to enhance or address capability gaps in border security operations.
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is pushing the Department of Homeland Security to wield artificial intelligence to secure the border.
Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) and Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) unveiled legislation Tuesday that would require DHS to map out how it will use AI, machine learning, and other rapidly evolving technologies at the border and authorize Customs and Border Protection to study and adapt commercial tech that can be used to fill gaps in the agency’s capabilities.
A recent clash between migrants and members of the Texas National Guard at the U.S.-Mexico border prompted calls for retaliatory violence against illegal entrants, though legal sources tell Newsweek that federal and statewide provisions regarding self-defense differ.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), today introduced the Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act of 2024. This legislation will increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, as well as the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain veterans as of December 1, 2024.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), along with Representatives Dale Strong (R-AL), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), introduced the Safeguarding Tactics and Operational Procedures (STOP) from Enemies Act of 2024 in the House of Representatives. This legislation would amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to expand the definition of aiding the enemy to include providing military education, military training, and tactical advice to a foreign adversary.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) today voted in support of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. This bipartisan legislation, which passed out of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by a vote of 50-0, would protect Americans and prevent foreign adversaries, such as China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia, from targeting, surveilling, and manipulating the American people through online applications.
Former Navy SEAL Rep. Morgan Luttrell is pushing a new border security bill to ensure accountability on the number of terrorists and cartel members entering the U.S.
The proposed law will require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to publish monthly 'operational statistics' reports on the number of 'foreign terrorist organizations' and cartel criminals coming into America.
The reports would specifically inform Congress on the activities of suspected terrorists and cartel members apprehended by CBP, Luttrell said.
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.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD) introduced the Improving Travel for Families Act, which would allow children ages ten and under who are not a member of Global Entry to go through the Global Entry lanes with their parent or legal guardian who has Global Entry membership. The legislation was passed yesterday in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.