Immigration

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew announced the re-introduction of his No IDs for Illegals Act and was joined by thirteen of his colleagues as original cosponsors. This comes after reports that the Biden administration is planning to distribute identification cards to illegal immigrants, further incentivizing illegal immigration into our… Read more »

Atlantic City, NJ - Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement on reports that President Biden is offering the Atlantic City, NJ airport to house illegal immigrants who are currently located in New York City.  "President Biden and his administration have continually refused to enforce our nation's rule of law. Instead of securing our southern… Read more »

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Biden regarding the recent reporting that President Biden offered the Atlantic City International Airport as housing for illegal immigrants currently located in New York City, and expressed his absolute opposition to the… Read more »

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew called for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the House Judiciary Committee, highlighting how our southern border has turned into a revolving door for illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.  Click here to watch full remarks and… Read more »

Congressman Van Drew (R-NJ), member of the Homeland Security Committee, led 28 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers as to why highly skilled federal air marshals (FAM) are being stripped from our skies to perform non-law enforcement work at our border.  "At one of the… Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Van Drew questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the House Homeland Security hearing.  "In the last fiscal year, there were over 2.3 million recorded migrant encounters at the southwest border, which included 98 non-US citizens who are on the terrorist watchlist," said Congressman Van Drew. "To attempt to combat the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to allow President Biden to end the 'Remain in Mexico' policy created under former President Trump. This policy requires illegal migrants to stay in Mexico until their asylum cases are adjudicated.  "While today's Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Biden repealing the critical… Read more »

Today, Congressman Van Drew, member of the Homeland Security Committee, called for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign during today's hearing after his disastrous handling of our southern border. Since President Biden took office, over 2.4 million illegal migrants have been encountered at our southern border. Last month, over 62,000 illegal migrants… Read more »

Today, Congressman Van Drew (R-NJ) was joined by 77 of his House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging DHS to reverse its decision to rescind the Department's Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal, or "expedited removal" policy.  "Our border patrol agents are overwhelmed, fentanyl is… Read more »

Today, Congressman Van Drew issued a statement on President Biden deciding to end Title 42, our strongest illegal immigration deterrent, when there is a surging number of illegal immigrants infiltrating the United States and making their way past border patrol agents.  "Just last month, over 62,000 illegal immigrants escaped past Border Patrol agents and made their way… Read more »