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Rep. Pfluger Grills Secretary Mayorkas On Immigration: ‘The American People Aren’t Buying It!’

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Originally Published by the Daily Caller on November 15, 2022 Republican Texas Rep. August Pfluger grilled Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday about the porous southern border. Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on global terror threats. Pfluger asked him how many people among the 600,000 so-called got-aways “match the…

5 Key Moments From Mayorkas’ and Wray’s Hill Testimony

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Originally Published by the Daily Signal on November 15, 2022 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before a House panel on Tuesday, just days after Chris Magnus was forced to resign, according to reports, from his post as Customs and Border Protection commissioner. The House Homeland Security Committee hearing also featured FBI Director Christopher Wray and…

Pfluger Puts Biden Administration on notice: Preserve your documents

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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) sent letters directing the Biden Administration’s Homeland Security Officials to preserve documents related to the Administration’s disastrous failures along the U.S.-Mexico border and in its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Specifically, the letters—sent to the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and…

Cong. Pfluger is Demanding Answers, Accountability of Air Force for Politically Motivated Leak

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Originally Published by Texas Insider on October 31, 2022 Spending is causing inflation to skyrocket; Alarming Administration for Border Security Texas Insider Report WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The United States Air Force took responsibility for leaking the confidential personnel records of Jennifer-Ruth Green, a Veteran and candidate running in Indiana’s 1st…

Exclusive—Rep. August Pfluger: Biden’s Border Crisis of No Consequences

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Originally Published by Breitbart News on October 15, 2022 by REP. AUGUST PFLUGER (R-TX) 15 Oct 2022 I recently returned from a trip to a Customs and Border Protection Processing Site in McAllen, Texas. I surveyed the lacking border fencing and watched as illegal migrants were allowed to walk into the United States. The message I received from Border Patrol is that under…

ICYMI: Pfluger slams “Chaos, crisis like no other” along the southern border on Sunday Morning Futures

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Sunday morning, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News ‘Sunday Morning Futures’  to decry the Biden Administration’s crisis of no consequences along the U.S.-Mexico border. On his visit to the border in McAllen, Texas: “It’s a horrible situation. And the top-line message that I received from Border Patrol agents everywhere along the border is that…

Pfluger: Open border creates chaos for Midland, region

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Originally Published by MRT on October 4, 2022 Congressman August Pfluger summed up his trip to the U.S. – Mexico border in McAllen with one statement. “Every border patrol agent, high-ranking down to agents in the patrol cars, told me that there are no consequences for people coming across the border,” he said. The San Angelo Republican whose district includes Midland and Odessa…

ICYMI: Exclusive: Republicans Demand Border Agency Answer How It Prevents Chinese Forced Labor Imports

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Originally Published in Breitbart News by Ashley Oliver Two Texas Republicans, Reps. August Pfluger and Michael McCaul, are seeking answers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about how the agency screens critical minerals imported from China. The Republicans sent a letter, obtained by Breitbart News, to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus on Friday demanding he lay out how the…

Pfluger visits border, pushes security

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Originally Published by Odessa American on October 1, 2022 Congressman August Pfluger visited the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday on a tour of the Customs and Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen. “There are numerous issues that need to be addressed at our southern border. During my visit, I witnessed nearly 500 illegal migrants crossing the border,” Pfluger said via news…

Attacks on reliable, U.S. energy sources lead to dependence on adversaries

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Originally Published by The Washington Times on September 27, 2022 By U.S. Rep. August Pfluger - - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 OPINION: The world is at a critical juncture when it comes to energy policy. Europeans have returned to the pre-industrial days of burning wood chips to heat their homes. The Democrats’ energy agenda is crushing American families. The 8.3% price…