HR 1079 · in committee · significant
CARTEL Act of 2025
- immigration
What this bill does
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection must publish monthly statistics on border encounters and arrests.
- The reports track individuals affiliated with criminal organizations attempting illegal border crossings.
- DHS must also file annual reports on foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations targeting U.S. borders.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would monthly public statistics on border encounters help citizens distinguish between routine illegal crossings and organized criminal activity?
- 02
What specific metrics should DHS include in annual reports to accurately measure threats from transnational criminal organizations?
- 03
Which government agencies should access detailed cartel affiliation data, and what safeguards should protect individuals wrongly flagged as criminal organization members?
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Sponsor · R-TX-8
Morgan Luttrell
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
15/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-06
Joining the bill

Randy K. Weber, Sr.
R-TX-14 · original

Jack Bergman
R-MI-1 · original

Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2 · original

Mike Collins
R-GA-10 · original

Mike Ezell
R-MS-4 · original

Carlos A. Gimenez
R-FL-28 · original

Andrew R. Garbarino
R-NY-2 · original

Jennifer A. Kiggans
R-VA-2 · original

Daniel Webster
R-FL-11 · original

Brian Babin
R-TX-36 · original

Michael T. McCaul
R-TX-10 · original

Burgess Owens
R-UT-4 · original
+ 3 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-06 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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