CORREA BILL TO COMBAT ORGANIZED GANGS UNANIMOUSLY PASSES HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE

CORREA BILL TO COMBAT ORGANIZED GANGS UNANIMOUSLY PASSES HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE

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WASHINGTON -Today, Representative Lou Correa (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, alongside Representatives Nick LaLota (R-NY) and Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) announced that their bipartisan Tren de Aragua Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act unanimously passed the Homeland Security Committee with bipartisan support last week.

"Orange County families, and every family across the country, deserve to feel safe and secure in the neighborhoods they call home-and we're working to make sure criminal syndicates like Tren de Aragua that terrorize families and small businesses on Main Street get taken down," Correa said."To do that effectively, we need to gather the facts and intelligence on specific threats facing the homeland. This bill will help to provide Congress information on the threats posed by Tren de Aragua, and I'm hopeful that it will be given a floor vote in the House in short order-to protect our neighborhoods and those who call them home."

This bipartisan bill would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create a Southwest border threat assessment regarding criminal threats posed by TdA members seeking to illegally enter the United States and require DHS to create a strategic plan to mitigate threats identified in the threat assessment.

"I am proud to announce that my bipartisan legislation to combat the dangerous Tren de Aragua gang has passed the House Committee on Homeland Security. This criminal organization, which has been called 'MS-13 on steroids,' poses a direct threat to our communities as they exploit weaknesses at our Southwest border," said LaLota. "My bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a comprehensive border threat assessment and develop a strategic plan to address these violent criminals infiltrating our neighborhoods. My common sense, bipartisan legislation will directly bring the fight to TdA and prevent them from further establishing a foothold in the United States."

"I'm proud to stand with my good friend and Long Island's own Rep. Nick LaLota in advancing his legislation, the 'Tren de Aragua Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act," said D'Esposito. "I co-sponsored this legislation because Americans have a right to know exactly how dangerous and pervasive emerging threats like Tren De Aragua are, and how we can best combat them in an effort to keep Americans safe."

You can read the full text of the billHERE.