Immigration

Today in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of Homeland Security DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, condemning him for repeatedly lying to Congress and willfully implementing President Biden's open-border policies that have caused growing numbers of Americans to die at the hands of illegal immigrants. 

"You have lied repeatedly to Congress and to the American people about [Ibarra's criminal history]. . . ....

Today the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) bipartisan Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act to prohibit companies that engage in illegal child labor practices from securing coveted federal government contracts.

"Companies that illegally employ children have no business leveraging lucrative federal government contracts for corporate gain. This bipartisan legislation would hold...

By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | Feb. 5, 2024 | Compact Magazine

This week, the Senate is supposedly voting on the biggest immigration overhaul in decades.  That is a polite way of saying that US workers are on the chopping block. The Senate’s “border deal” is a terrible bargain hashed out behind closed doors, one that sells out the American working class in favor of illegal immigrants, the biggest corporations, and Wall Street.  

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America’s big corporations want cheap labor. They don’t...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling out his failure to secure the southern border. A new report reveals that in fiscal year 2023 alone, 860,000 illegal immigrants crossed into the United States without encountering a border official.

"These 'gotaways' outnumber the combined populations of Kansas City and St. Louis, the two largest cities in Missouri," wrote Senator Hawley. "At the very least, you owe...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Ending DHS Funding for Liberal Propaganda Act to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from distributing grant funds to organizations that promote discrimination against conservative viewpoints.

Just last week, reporting revealed that DHS paid leftist academics to create propaganda to "counter" conservatives, under the guise of "media literacy."

"The Biden Administration has time and again demonstrated its willingness to...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske calling out the agency for undermining national security by allowing illegal immigrants to board commercial flights without valid photo identification.

"If this report is accurate, this is outrageous," wrote Senator Hawley. "Millions of Americans are subject to the TSA screening process, which is often a burdensome, long inconvenience—and which includes photo identification...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling out the agency's weaponization of taxpayer dollars to attack conservatives. New reporting revealed that DHS paid leftist academics to create propaganda to “counter” conservatives, under the guise of "media literacy.”

"This is an outrageous use of federal funds and abuse of power,” wrote Senator Hawley. “All these funds should be clawed back by the federal government...

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to hold human traffickers accountable by giving victims their day in court.

“Human trafficking survivors deserve justice, not forced arbitration,” said Senator Hawley. “This legislation puts power in the hands of survivors and gives them the power to hold human traffickers accountable.”

“Forcing victims of modern-day slavery into a rigged arbitration system deprives them of one of the most...

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Assistant Secretary Rena Bitter of the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department. Senator Hawley urged Assistant Secretary Bitter to provide relief to religious workers, including a Christian missionary employed in Missouri, who are being harmed by a recent State Department rule that effectively prioritizes illegal immigrants over religious workers in the visa queue.

"It has come to my attention that a recent State Department rule...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, demanding an investigation into whistleblower allegations that the Biden DHS has reassigned hundreds of special agents charged with important investigations to menial tasks at the southern border – including handing out sandwiches to illegal immigrants.

The letter follows Senator Hawley’s questioning of DHS Secretary Mayorkas' testimony in last week's Senate Homeland...