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HR 1079 · in committee · significant

CARTEL Act of 2025

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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  1. 01

    How would monthly public statistics on border encounters help citizens distinguish between routine illegal crossings and organized criminal activity?

  2. 02

    What specific metrics should DHS include in annual reports to accurately measure threats from transnational criminal organizations?

  3. 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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Morgan Luttrell

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Introduced 2025-02-06

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-06 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

  2. 2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

  3. 2025-02-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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