Texans for Strong Borders

Strong Borders make a Strong Texas. End Illegal Immigration, Protect American Workers, Restore American Sovereignty.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

We are proud to announce the launch of our new Texas 287(g) Tracker!

Check out our map showing the extent of participation in the ICE 287(g) program in Texas, and see if your local leaders are helping with federal deportation efforts.

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[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Despite widespread outrage at the fraud and abuse-ridden H-1B program, Texas saw a 32% increase in new H-1B approvals through 2026.
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[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Ending the H-1B visa program is not just an immigration issue. It is vital for our most skilled American workers. 💼

[Federation for American Immigration Reform @FAIRImmigration]

The 1986 amnesty promised enforcement in exchange for legalization.

Enforcement never materialized, illegal immigration continued, and states like California responded with sanctuary policies.

History is not ambiguous here.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

If taxpayers subsidize the job, American workers deserve consideration FIRST. 🇺🇸

[Senator Eric Schmitt @SenEricSchmitt]

Enforcing our immigration laws is one of the most important things we can do to bring down rising housing and rent costs and raise wages.

The Democrats let 20M illegal immigrants into our country and the flood accounts for 30% of housing price growth and about half of all non-citizen households are on welfare.

[Mike Howell @MHowellTweets]

Separating this into elements:

1- would legalize Dreamers & give protections to longtime illegal immigrants w/ no criminal record if they came forward & paid a fee/back taxes

No. That's mass amnesty. With birthright issue if also compounds very fast.

2- in exchange national voter ID requirements

No. The gains from voter ID don't matter at that point.

3- a nationwide federal ban on sanctuary cities (ICE detainers must be honored at jails for criminal aliens)

While an abhorrent practice, sanctuary city policies apply to a very small subset of illegals. President Trump has already told his admin to focus on this small population instead of broad enforcement. We're basically just reducing the entire sovereignty debate at that point to "you're good to stay until you kill or rape someone"

The left will continue to import at mass levels and the right will deport only small categories that elite media and the special interest lobbies are okay with.

4- strict overhaul on the asylum system to prevent fraudulent claims overwhelming the system?

Need not be part of a broader package. They could pass HR2 right now to zip up these problems.

I like the deal we made in 2024: mass deportation.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

This was one of the bills we anticipated would be filed this session. There was a similar push that went to the Texas House floor last session and was defeated.

As we said then, one would think 15-20 million illegal aliens in 4 years was enough. Apparently not?

[Parker County Young Republicans @ParkerCountyYR]

A bill to create a STATE Guest Worker Visa program with Mexico has just been filed.

We have more than enough skill, talent, and able bodies here in Texas to fill our work force.

[Federation for American Immigration Reform @FAIRImmigration]

Amnesty doesn’t just reward past illegal entry—it signals to the next caravan that waiting it out pays off.

We are already seeing groups move north on that hope.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Texas Falls in 2026 Midterm Elections: Where do we go from here?
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[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

The reality is that much of what you describe is, by definition, an amnesty. It would remove penalties for previous lawbreaking that are currently required under the law.

All of this before we even get close to undoing the damage of the Biden administration.

The message that would send would be unmistakable: hold on long enough and you will be allowed to stay. That will encourage millions of people to continue to come here illegally.

It is a huge miscalculation.

We totally agree about going after the human smuggling networks. The cartels have to be utterly crushed.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Amnesty fundamentally undermines the rule of law. It encourages further lawbreaking, and we have decades of evidence to support this conclusion.

Falling for the weaponized empathy of the Open Borders lobby that has no intention of closing the border is foolish in the extreme.

[Vianca Rodriguez @rodzvianca]

Some of you on the Right hear “nuance” and immediately scream “AMNESTY,” while Democrats scream “RACISM” at anyone demanding border security. Give me a BREAK.

I support mass deportations, secure borders, and the rule of law. PERIOD. But I also recognize nuance. And there are millions of others in this same middle, including President Trump!

“But they crossed illegally! They broke the law!”

And? Who said they didn’t? Breaking the law has consequences. I’ve never argued otherwise.

But are we seriously going to pretend someone brought here illegally as a child, someone deceived or coerced by coyotes, and a violent criminal are all in the same category?

And while we’re at it, why aren’t we talking MORE about the criminal networks profiting from this disaster? Coyotes selling desperate people a shortcut to the American Dream, exploiting them, endangering their lives, and making millions off their misery.

I want those networks dismantled, their assets seized, and their ringleaders prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Make an example out of the people running this criminal enterprise.

Trump himself proposed a conditional pathway to citizenship for Dreamers in 2018 in exchange for border security and immigration reforms. Strict requirements, accountability, and years of compliance. That’s not blanket amnesty, no matter how loudly some of you insist otherwise.

And Democrats can spare me the lectures about compassion when they’ve spent decades campaigning on this issue without delivering a permanent solution.

None of this means handing out citizenship like candy or giving people a free pass for crossing illegally. It means recognizing that enforcing our laws and considering individual circumstances are not mutually exclusive.

Secure the border. Enforce the law. Destroy the smuggling business model.

I’m America First. And frankly, I’m tired of people acting like acknowledging nuance somehow makes you less conservative.

Not everything is as black and white as your social media talking points.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

DACA itself is amnesty.

Even letting illegal aliens stay in the United States for decades through lax enforcement is de facto amnesty.

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

NEW: Sec. Mullin told me this morning he is open to a bipartisan immigration deal that includes DACA permanent legal status. But draws red line on amnesty.

Mullin told Trump that Dems (ie No Labels) have called him and Trump encouraged him to engage.

“The president said ‘let’s start working with them and then let’s meet at some point.’”

W/ @MyahWard

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[Immigration Accountability Project Action @iaproject]

Most Americans support deporting all illegal aliens. It’s the donor class that loves cheap labor more than America.

Mass deportations + NO AMNESTY.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

In 1986, President Reagan made an amnesty deal with the promise of border security in the future.

Since then, the number of illegal aliens residing in the United States has gone up more than 5x.

Amnesty never works. We are proud to join @Phase2Deport in opposition to it.

[Mass Deportation Coalition @Phase2Deport]

We already made a deal with you, for us.

It was for the "largest deportation operation in American history."

We're ready for it to get started.

To patriots around the country: have your organization join us, today.

The time to mobilize is NOW.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

A 2019-scale surge would certainly be a stress test on border infrastructure.

The administration must signal strength on the border or risk opening the floodgates again.

[Anna Giaritelli @Anna_Giaritelli]

NEW — Border Patrol agents told Washington Examiner they anticipate Mexican cartels will use blue wave to lure migrants to US

“The message is already being sent. ‘The borders will be opened again.'”

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

It is the first day of filing in the Texas Legislature and Democrats have already filed bills in Texas House and Senate to repeal the ICE 287(g) requirement for sheriffs and the associated grant program.

We must fight to make sure this disastrous policy does not become law.

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Texas tax dollars should benefit Texas citizens, NOT big businesses who replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor. ⭐

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

We oppose using taxpayer dollars to subsidize companies replacing American workers. 💰

[Texans for Strong Borders @StrongBordersTX]

Important read on the effects of Tuesday’s elections on Texas.

[Todd Bensman @BensmanTodd]

"Goodwin’s and Hinojosa’s voting records demonstrate their sentiments toward illegal immigrants, even those who have committed crimes. In 2025, both voted against “Jocelyn’s Law,” an amendment that would have denied bail to illegal aliens charged with violent crimes."

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that a suspect arrested by US Secret Service last night in a stolen vehicle near the White House with a rifle, two handguns, and ammo is a Venezuelan illegal alien who threatened to kill President Trump and was previously caught and released at the Texas border in 2024 by the Biden administration.

Per DHS, last night, Secret Service agents saw a man acting suspiciously in a vehicle on Constitution Ave. near the White House. When agents approached it, the suspect, Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, told them he was hearing voices in his head telling him to come to DC to kill President Trump. A search of the car revealed he had an AR-15 style rifle, a Mac 10, a Glock-43x, and ammo. The car was also stolen.

He was arrested and charged with carrying a rifle outside of a home or business, three counts of unlawful transportation of a firearm, three counts of unregistered firearms, three counts of unregistered ammunition, possession of certain dangerous weapons, carrying a pistol without a license, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, theft, and receiving stolen property.

ICE has placed a detainer on him with US Marshals, who currently have him in custody. DHS says he crossed the TX border illegally in March 2024 and was released into the country by the Biden admin.

DHS Sec. Mullin is praising the Secret Service agents:

“Thanks to our brave Secret Service officers, this illegal alien with three firearms in his vehicle was arrested near the White House before he could harm anyone,” said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “On top of threatening President Trump, he is an illegal alien from Venezuela who had no business being in our country in the first place. This is just an example of the incredible work done by the men and women of the Secret Service every single day."