Border Security

Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Texas’ Senate Bill 4. SB 4, legislation which makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime, will now go into effect on March 9 unless the Supreme Court intervenes. “While I applaud the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for siding with… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge David Ezra issuing a preliminary injunction to block a new Texas law that makes illegally crossing the southern border a state crime. The ruling comes just 5 days before the law, coming from Texas’ SB 4, would take effect.   “This ruling by the… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington: The unmitigated disaster at our southern border Opinion Column by Rep. Jodey Arrington As Seen in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal Friday, February 16, 2024 At the end of January, I hosted eight town halls in seven… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – This week, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and his colleagues held a press conference highlighting Arrington’s amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law in December. S.B. 4 makes illegal… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business to discuss border security and fiscal challenges facing our nation.    … Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) filed an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief, joined by 45 members of Congress – including the entire Republican Texas Delegation - argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott in December. S.B.… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) took to the floor to speak in support of his proposed amendment to the Department of Interior Appropriations Act calling to defund President Biden's recently proposed rule which would list two Rio Grande Mussels as endangered and their habitats as critical. The Biden Administration’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, M.D. (TN-07), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Border Security Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) and Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) led a letter to President Biden and Secretary of the Department of the Interior Haaland… Read more »

Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington is backing moves by officials in his state to take matters relating to the migrant crisis into their own hands, claiming President Biden "surrendered control" of the border and describing the situation as an invasion. "They are absolutely doing the right thing, and I commend the governor for following suit," the Republican congressman told Fox News Digital in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) today issued a statement following the announcement of Customs and Border Protection finding no evidence of the Biden Administration’s false claims of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian migrants at the southern border.   “Shame on the Biden Administration for falsely accusing these border agents… Read more »