As most folks across East Alabama know, the United States has a serious illegal immigration problem.   As if that weren’t enough, on top of our ongoing problems with illegal immigration, some of our legal immigration practices present a threat to our national security as well.  I agree with President Trump that chain migration and the visa lottery system are the… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed his legislation, H.R. 4577, the Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017.             “I have long advocated for the use of canines in transportation security.  These canines are more efficient than any machine and more… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today regarding H.R. 3548. “I was proud to support H.R. 3548 in the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday. This bill authorizes $10 billion for border security, including wall construction and technology upgrades. It also increases the number of border patrol and customs agents so we have more boots on the ground and gives… Read more »

These days you cannot turn on your television without hearing about the very dangerous world we live in today. Here in the United States, this past weekend, the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City was rattled by a bomb that sent 29 people to the hospital and undetonated bombs were found by a train stop in New Jersey. A young adult of Afghan descent was arrested for this terrorist act as… Read more »

Anyone across East Alabama who has taken a flight over the past few years knows what a long and frustrating event the passenger screening process can be as folks make their way with their belongings to their gate of departure. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created to help prevent any further attacks and strengthen the… Read more »

Under no circumstances should children detained at the Mexican border be sent to Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Congressman Mike Rogers and Congressman Martha Roby said today. The Congressmen just became aware of ongoing talks between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense about potentially housing illegal immigrants at… Read more »

As most folks across East Alabama have seen on the news lately, there is a serious immigration crisis at our Southwest border, and so far it doesn’t look like the Federal government has control of the situation. There is a flood of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing our borders. The Department of Homeland Security estimates over 90,000 children will cross our border in 2014,… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers today blasted as “misguided and misinformed” a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to house illegal immigrants and children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston. Rogers says many of the illegal immigrants were likely apprehended during the growing crisis at the nation’s Southwest border. In a letter today to… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement after the Senate passed immigration overhaul legislation today. “I am deeply disappointed in the Senate’s decision to pass a comprehensive amnesty bill today.  This bill rewards those who have broken our laws and doesn’t do enough to secure our borders in order to prevent future illegal immigration.  I… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers sent a letter last week to President Obama, urging the president to nominate a candidate with strong immigration enforcement credentials to lead the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency. The current agency director, John Morton, announced he will resign in July. Rogers has been a harsh critic of Morton, arguing that under his leadership ICE has… Read more »