WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined Representative Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and other Republican colleagues in a press conference to address the Biden border crisis and affirm...
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Higgins Introduces Finish the Wall Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, is introducing the Finish the Wall Act, which requires the Biden...
GOP Rep. Higgins: Border Crisis an ‘Unmitigated Disaster,’ ‘Danger to Our Republic’
During a Tuesday interview on FNC's "Fox & Friends First," Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) discussed his trip with Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) to the United States-Mexico border.Higgins outlined how...
Rep. Higgins: Border situation is a ‘unmitigated disaster’
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Higgins Calls on Biden Administration to Address Border Crisis, Work with Republicans
EL PASO, TX – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Lead Republican on the...
‘Biden Border Crisis’: Republicans Knock New Policies at Southern Border
President Joe Biden's immigration policies have led to the surge in migrants traveling to the United States and illegally crossing the border, members of Congress charged on Monday.Standing in El...
Higgins Discusses Border Crisis with Fox News, Will Travel to Border Next Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, spoke with Fox & Friends First this morning to discuss the...
Higgins Slams Biden’s Amnesty Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Biden and Congressional Democrats released a legislative proposal that would provide over 11 million...
Democrats Consider Piecemeal Approach to Immigration Bills
Democrats in Congress and progressive advocates are coalescing around a strategy to try to pass immigration bills piecemeal, as the Biden administration looks for ways to enact a pathway to...
Higgins: Biden’s Executive Order Encourages Illegal Immigration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to President Biden's executive order, which seeks to overturn the Trump administration's Migrant...
Higgins Slams Biden’s First-Day Executive Orders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden signed several executive orders that will destroy jobs and threaten homeland security.The...
Higgins’ Bill to Improve DHS’ Opioid Detection Capabilities Passes Senate, Heads to President Trump’s Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Clay Higgins' (R-LA) H.R. 4761, the DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019, passed the U.S. Senate this week via unanimous...
Higgins Issues Statement on Expanded Travel Restrictions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) participated today in a briefing with Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, regarding President Trump's authorization...
Higgins’ Bill to Improve DHS’ Opioid Detection Capabilities Passes House
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Clay Higgins' (R-LA) H.R. 4761, the DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019, in a...
Higgins Introduces Bill to Improve DHS’ Opioid Detection Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced HR. 4761, the DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act...
Higgins Introduces International Supply Chain Security Legislation
WASHINGTON – House Homeland Security Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Clay Higgins (R-La.) today introduced H.R. 3719, the Customs Trade Partnership Against...
Higgins Issues Statement After House Passes Emergency Border Aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Senate's bipartisan border aid bill."I commend the 129 House Democrats...
Higgins: Pass Senate Border Funding Bill Now
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted against House Democrats' border appropriations bill, which underfunded necessary operations and included provisions that would exacerbate the...
Higgins Votes Against Democrats’ Amnesty Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted against Democrats' bill to provide millions of illegal immigrants with amnesty. The bill restricts law enforcement's vetting authority and...
Higgins Issues Statement on President Trump’s Immigration Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), top Republican on the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, issued the following statement after President Trump's remarks on...