Ted Poe News

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday condemned the handling of the Malaysia Airlines crash site and the ongoing violence in the Eastern Ukraine region surrounding it.

A senior immigration official told the House on Tuesday that President Barack Obama has the discretion to grant amnesty and work authorization permits to millions of illegal immigrants, because the executive branch has broad discretion in how to implement laws passed by Congress.

In a grassy field in eastern Ukraine, several victims of the Malaysian plane crash rot in the summer sun.

Rep. Ted Poe has conferred upon Rep. Matt Salmon one of the highest honors his office can help provide: He's made his fellow Republican lawmaker an honorary Texan.

The administration official who would administer any broader executive actions on immigration said Tuesday he believes President Obama has the broad legal authority to halt most deportations.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the Department of Justice to go after people who buy children for sex.

Rep. Pete Olson announced that he introduced legislation to give local communities a voice in the decision making process on where to host Unaccompanied Alien Children .

Sam Monroe, the president of Lamar State College-Port Arthur, is shown on July 8, 2014.

Opposition to fencing parts of the southern U.S. border is coming from a surprising source: Texas residents, according to Brian Zimmer, president of the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License.

President Barack Obama is abusing the 2008 Wilberforce Act, which is supposed to grant protections to illegal immigrants coming to the United States who are victims of sex trafficking, says Rep. Ted Poe of Texas.

Fox News figures have repeatedly claimed a surge of National Guard troops to the U.S. - Mexico border would stem the tide of people seeking refugee status in the United States, but National Guardsmen cannot apprehend people at the border or turn them away.

Top American lawmakers have intensified their campaign to get Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the US Congress when he visits America in September.

On Thursday's "Ronan Farrow Daily" MSNBC's Ronan Farrow and Jose Diaz-Balart, along with CNBC contributor Steve Rattner used the controversy over radio and TV host Glenn Beck's plan to give food, soccer balls, and teddy bears to illegal immigrants as a jumping-off point to criticize individuals who want to secure the border.

Congressman Ted Poe believes that law enforcement routinely stretches its mandate to the breaking point and often goes beyond.

Fox News host Martha MacCallum suggested the construction of a border fence would be a cost-effective strategy for dealing with the influx of children fleeing Central America across the U.S.-Mexico border, but she underestimated the real cost of construction by billions of dollars.

The weak border security allowing legions of illegal immigrants to sneak into the United States is also an open invitation to terrorists and criminal masterminds from around the world, Rep. Ted Poe says.

The United States has a 'legal obligation' to make Camp Liberty safe for residents until they can be relocated to third countries, US Congressman Ted Poe told a conference in Paris .

Three top US lawmakers have asked the Congressional leadership to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the US Congress when he visits Washington at the invitation of President Barack Obama.