WASHINGTON OFFICE:

TONY GONZALES 2244 R AYBURN H OUSE O FFICE BUILDING

23RD DISTRICT, TEXAS WASHINGTON , DC 20515
(202) 225–4511
WWW.GONZALES.HOUSE.GOV
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DISTRICT OFFICES:
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 4372 NORTH LOOP
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 1604 WEST, SUITE 205

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
Congress of the United States SAN A NTONIO , TX 78249
(210) 806–9920

House of Representatives
10167 SOCORRO ROAD
RELATED AGENCIES
SOCCORO , TX 79927
(915) 990–1500

Washington, DC 20515–4323
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE,
SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
712 EAST GIBBS STREET
SUITE 101
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY DEL RIO, TX 78840
(830) 308–6200
SUBCOMMITTEE ON BORDER SECURITY,
2401 G ARNER FIELD R OAD
AND ENFORCEMENT BUILDING Q

VICE CHAIR, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COUNTERTERRORISM,

LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND INTELLIGENCE
December 20, 2023 UVALDE, TX 78801
(830) 333–7410

103 WEST CALLAGHAN ROAD

FORT STOCKTON , TX 79735
(432) 299–6200

Speaker Mike Johnson Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer

H-232, The Capitol 322 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
The Capitol 317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, DC 20510

Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, Leader Schumer, and Leader McConnell:

Our southern border is in the worst state it has ever been. As the U.S. Representative for the largest border
district in Congress, I do not say that lightly. Today, I am calling on all lawmakers to take emergency
action to secure our border. Failure to act may lead to a point of no return.

From Eagle Pass to El Paso, the communities I represent are being engulfed by record levels of illegal
immigration. Border Patrol Agents and Customs Officers have been pulled from their patrolling duties
and reassigned to migrant processing. Security checkpoints are closed, allowing undeterred travel into the
interior without further screening. In other words, our border is wide open, and the cartels have free
passage.

The severity of this security gap cannot be understated. Beyond increases in drug smuggling at the border,
years of counter-terrorism efforts are being undone. Law enforcement is beyond their limits to continue
holding the line and the possibility of a terrorist act being committed in relation to our open border is
higher than ever. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

In my district specifically, local communities have no further resources to continue sustaining migrants.
Their limited budgets are being drained by this crisis, and they are not being reimbursed by the federal
government. Local law enforcement has engaged in countless high-speed pursuits with human smugglers,
some of which have led to innocent American bystanders losing their lives. We know what policies are
needed to end this chaos, and we need to act on them now. There is no time to delay further on this issue.

Sincerely,

Tony Gonzales
Member of Congress