House Passes Issa Resolution On Border Patrol, Justice Department Efforts To Fight Alien Smuggling

Press Release

The U.S. House of Representatives today, by unanimous voice vote, approved a resolution highlighting the successful efforts by the Border Patrol and Department of Justice to increase the rate of human smuggling prosecutions.

"Federal prosecutions of human smugglers, along with other border crimes, have increased dramatically and created some needed accountability," said Rep. Issa "There's still much work to be done to crack down on human smuggling and create a zero tolerance policy for this crime, but we have made important strides."

H.Res. 14 reaffirms the House of Representatives' "support for the role and importance of the Department of Homeland Security in combating human smuggling and trafficking in persons" and "commends the Department of Justice for increasing the rate of prosecutions against human smugglers and traffickers in persons."

Since 2004, Rep. Issa has led the charge in Congress to bring attention and needed resources to a failure by the Department of Justice to prosecute even repeat offenders and those who work in connection with organized criminal syndicates.

Since this time, new prosecutorial resources and policies have been implemented and prosecutions of alien smuggling and other border crimes have increased dramatically.

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