Newsroom

  • Fire Grants Reauthorization Act Overwhelmingly Approved by the House
    Nov 20, 2009  - With Congressman Miller’s strong support, the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) programs within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  Specifically, the leg... More
  • House Passes Coast Guard Reauthorization Act with Tough Immigration Provisions
    Oct 23, 2009  - Today, the House approved a Coast Guard Reauthorization bill to authorize $10 billion in Fiscal Year 2010.  Among its various provisions, the legislation includes language similar to Congressman Miller’s LEAVE Act to increase penalties for knowingly bringing illegal aliens into the United States, tr... More
  • Homeland Security FY 2010 Appropriations Conference Report Clears House
    Oct 16, 2009  - The House this week passed a $42.8 billion Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2010, which will fund the Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard, and the Federa... More
  • House Approves Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010
    Jun 26, 2009  - The House this week passed a $42.6 billion Homeland Security Appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2010, which will fund the Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergenc... More
  • House Passes TSA Authorization
    Jun 5, 2009  - This week, the House passed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Authorization Act, a two-year authorization for TSA’s aviation and surface transportation security activities.  The bill authorizes $15.7 billion for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 and includes policy changes related to cargo a... More
  • Administration Proposes Ending the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
    May 22, 2009  - Congressman Miller recently joined over twenty of his colleagues in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Committee leadership requesting that they include at least $400 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) in the Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations bill.  Recently, the... More
  • DHS Secretary Seeks to Repeal REAL ID
    May 1, 2009  - Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated that she intends to work with governors to repeal the REAL ID Act.  Following the tragic events on September 11, 2001, the 9/11 Commission’s report found that the nineteen terrorists that murdered thousands of Americans on ... More
  • Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and Swine Flu Update
    May 1, 2009  - Beginning June 1, 2009, the final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will be in effect.  From this date forward, all U.S. citizens entering the United States through land borders or sea ports-of-entry must present a U.S. passport, passport card, or other travel document approve... More
  • Law Enforcement Officials Find Most Drugs Cross U.S. Borders in Trucks
    Apr 24, 2009  - In the wake of increasing violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, law enforcement officials have found that most of the drugs smuggled into the United States by the Mexican drug cartels are concealed in trucks that drive across U.S. border checkpoints.  Since the implementation of the North American ... More
  • DHS Announces Plan to Address Increased Violence Along the Southwest Border
    Mar 27, 2009  - This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced several Southwest border initiatives designed to crack down on Mexican drug cartels through enhanced border security.  With violence escalating across the border and threatening to spill over into the United States, this plan calls for a... More