Texas Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, charges that the refusal to mention terrorism in speeches at the Democratic National Convention is a “complete and utter failure of responsibility by Hillary Clinton, her party, and her hand picked surrogates.”
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) discussed legislation he was introducing which would revoke the security clearance for those demonstrating “extreme carelessness” with classified information, which is what FBI Director James Comey described presumptive
Texas lawmakers co-signed a letter to President Obama urging his administration implement stronger national security safeguards and certify to Congress that admitted Syrian and Iraqi refuges pose no threat to citizens.
House Republican leaders quickly staged a show-vote in response to Sunday’s terrorist shooting massacre at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub, and passed the Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act 402 to 15 votes.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Homeland Security Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said that ISIS was not on the run as some have claimed, but instead, “It is on the rise.” Commenting on President Barack Obama’s speech
The Visa Waiver Program allows foreign nationals from 38, largely European, countries to travel to the U.S. without a visa for tourist and businesses stays up to 90 days. The program requires participating countries to enter into information sharing agreements to report travel threats. The GAO reports, however, that many VPW countries are not living up to their ends of the bargain.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said a “covert counter-terrorism operation” is underway to stop a Islamic State (ISIS) attack in Turkey on Jewish children. McCaul said, “You
Travelers from Visa Waiver Program countries who have visited Libya, Somalia, and Yemen will need to obtain a visa in order to travel to the U.S. under new Department of Homeland Security travel restrictions.
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) expressed frustration and outrage Wednesday at the Obama administration’s move to exempt Iran and other terror hot spots from a new law enhancing security measures in the Visa Waiver Program.
The Obama administration is excluding large categories of Visa Waiver Program travelers who have recently traveled to terrorist hotspots including Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan from the new requirement that they must first obtain a visa to come to the U.S.
Monday on Newsmax TV’s the “The Steve Malzberg Show,” House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) said the Obama administration’s deal that freed seven Iranians and stopped the criminal pursuit of 14 others in exchange for five American
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) has sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry protesting his offer to allow Iran to bypass a new law restricting travel from countries that sponsor terror.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to increase scrutiny of social-media posts by visa applicants before certain individuals are permitted to enter the United States, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has learned from a person familiar with the plan.
Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul blames President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the rise of the Islamic State.
This week on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace while discussing the possibility of the Russian plane crash being caused by an ISIS bomb, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said he is “greatly concerned” about
Many of the estimated 250 Americans who have traveled overseas since 2011 to join or try to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have been able to reenter the United States without being arrested or monitored, reveals a report issued by the House Homeland Security Committee.
As the Obama administration moves forward with its plans to aggressively accelerate the admission of Syrian refugees, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is looking to rein in those plans and provide Congress a voice in the matter. “This bill will rein in the Administration’s refugee resettlement plans and give Congress more control over the process by requiring the Administration to get affirmative approval from Congress through the enactment of a joint resolution before any refugees may be admitted into the United States,” McCaul said.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said of President Barack Obama’s plans for the United States to take in Syrian refuges concerned him for fear it could be exploited by terrorists. He
Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) slammed the Iran nuclear deal and declared, “President Obama’s policies embolden Iran’s leaders” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Earlier this week I had the honor of chairing the first-ever Congressional hearing at the
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) stated, “we don’t have human intelligence on the ground properly in Syria, to have the database that’s sufficient to vet these individuals to know that they’re not threats” regarding the Syrian refugees
“We also know that ISIS wants to use refugee routes as cover to sneak operatives into the West. I implore the President to consult with Congress before taking any drastic action and to level with the American people about the very real security challenges we face,” the McCaul said. The Texas lawmaker acknowledged the tragedy of the current Syrian refugees crisis, saying the U.S. can help but urged the administration to take on the real problem, ISIS.
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s plan of building a border wall funded by Mexico to help stop illegal immigration is a
The Obama administration says it may reconsider the use of parole for certain Syrian nationals in addition to its Syrian refugee resettlement effort.
In a letter to President Obama, McCaul expresses concerns about the heightened threat of infiltration into the process by terrorists.
President Obama is giving short shrift to real threats as he focuses on climate change as a national security issue, according to Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX).
Three Republican lawmakers from Texas issued statements on their official websites condemning Sunday’s terrorist attack on a “Draw Muhammad” event in Garland as an assault on freedom of expression.
“[W]e send a clear message to these extremists: we will not be intimidated by violence, and we will not bow down to terror,” Rep. Michael McCaul says.
A Democrat objects after the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee swears in Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas before his testimony.
After a DHS Inspector General report which uncovered political favoritism in the processing of EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program visas by Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Republican lawmakers want Mayorkas held accountable.
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said that “we should be not be playing politics with the Department of Homeland Security” on Monday’s “@This Hour” on CNN. McCaul said that, “we passed a bill that fully funds the Department, I
A top Republican in Congress is under pressure after a photo shows him interacting with Muslim leaders who have made questionable statements.
A spokeswoman for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s potential 2016 presidential campaign has confirmed a previous Breitbart News article reporting that Speaker John Boehner’s on-staff amnesty advocate Becky Tallent has been in job talks with Bush’s campaign—undercutting a previous on-the-record denial from Boehner communications director Michael Steel.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul argued that the situation with ISIS “far surpasses” that of pre-9/11 Afghanistan on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead” on CNN. “If you look at pre-9/11 in Afghanistan, this far surpasses what we had,
A House immigration bill, pulled last month, seems to be coming back to life after high-level advisers met with House staff on Friday, several key Capitol Hill sources tell Breitbart News.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) reported that there were “more foreign fighters pouring into the region than ever before” to fight for ISIS on Thursday’s “Wolf” on CNN. McCaul began by stating ISIS could not be destroyed
Economic and business leaders from McAllen, Texas and Reynosa, Mexico criticized the border security plan put forth by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX). In a meeting one day following McCaul’s visit to the border region, the business leaders met and said that people living along the border need to be consulted in any plan to secure the border.
House leadership intends to tackle “issues” with a controversial border bill after a new conservative group claimed credit for getting the measure yanked off this week’s schedule.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is as high as it’s been since mid-2013, reaching 50 percent on Monday according to Gallup. This comes as Republicans have backed down from several immigration campaign promises as they seek to “govern” rather than follow through on what they said they were going to do.
The controversial border security legislation that was supposed to receive a House vote Wednesday has been pulled from the schedule. A House leadership aide blamed the weather. A decision on when the bill will receive a vote remains to be determined, the aide added.
A border bill introduced by House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) has less than 50 miles of border fencing because McCaul thinks it would cost American taxpayers too much to secure the whole border, McCaul aides tell Breitbart News. In addition, committee materials that were distributed to House Republicans in an effort to win their support for the bill contain provably false information—specifically a claim that there are already 652 miles of double-layer fencing, of the 700 miles required by law, built on the U.S. border with Mexico.
