EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Troy Nehls introduces bills to push back on Biden’s “Catastrophic Border Crisis”

Republican Texas Rep. Troy Nehls introduced two bills Friday, Aug. 12, intended to beef up security and speed up deportations along the U.S. border with Mexico.

The two bills were obtained by the Daily Caller exclusively. They would force the Department of Homeland Security to report on migrants who are included in the DHS terrorist watchlist and prohibit the Department from using its prosecutorial discretion to deport illegal immigrants. Law enforcement officials have encountered 66 individuals on the terror watchlist along the U.S.-Mexico border during Fiscal Year 2022, according to data compiled by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

“As we confront a devastating border crisis, we must do all we can to protect our borders and our communities,” Nehls stated in a statement to Daily Caller. The American people and Congress deserve to be able to see who’s trying to cross the southern border. These individuals coming across are no longer your ‘Average Joes.’ These are known terrorists, who are attempting to sneak into our country through Mexico and are succeeding as a result of Joe Biden’s disastrous border policies.”

Read the bills here:

NEHLS_ Prosecutorial Discretion Bill by Henry Rodgers on Scribd

(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) — NEHLS_Terrorist Bill (1) by Henry Rodgers on Scribd

President Donald Trump issued an executive order in 2017 requiring that “executive departments and agencies … employ all lawful means to enforce the immigration laws of the United States.” That order was superseded by guidance directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys to consider whether illegal immigrants are threats to public safety or just entered the country illegally. (RELATED : Biden’s Border Officials Only Implement Remain in Mexico Policy after Months of Fighting it )

Nehls’ prosecutorial discretion bill restores Trump’s executive orders and makes several crimes eligible for deportation. These include abuse of welfare benefits and immigration fraud.

Border officials have encountered more than 2.2 million migrants during FY2022 alone, passing FY2021’s record total by more than 400,000 in two fewer months. ACBP does not publicly disclose the agency’s official total known “gotaways.” The New York Post reported in late July that more than 550,000 migrants successfully evaded law enforcement.

Republicans released a multipoint plan to reduce illegal immigration. This plan will be put into action if Congress is reelected after the midterms. It includes funding new technologies for monitoring illegal immigration and funding the construction of the southern border wall. They also propose reinstating the Migrant Protection Protocols and increasing the budgets of ICE and CBP.

Congress last passed comprehensive immigration reform in 1986.