Rep. Keith Self introduced a bill to relocate the Customs and Border Protection headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Texas, citing the need for better border security and the incoming Trump administration's plans to strengthen it.
A Republican Texas congressman wants the nation’s key border enforcement agency relocated from Washington, DC, to the Lone Star State. Rep.
Keith Self introduced a bill Monday that would force the 2,000-mile move of the Customs and Border Protection headquarters, calling it “a practical step that will allow Self said he was inspired to make the push because of the incoming Trump administration’s plans to enhance border security and crack down on illegal crossings, which hit record levels under the Biden administration. GOP Texas Rep. Keith Self wants the nation’s key border enforcement agency relocated from Washington, DC, to the Lone Star State.“For four years, the Biden administration opened our southern border to over 10 million illegal aliens, including murderers, gang members, and suspected terrorists — forcing Texas to be their gateway,” the pol said. “Americans overwhelmingly responded to this crisis on November 5th , 2024, with a clear mandate,” he said, referring to Election Day, when Donald Trump was voted in as president. “This mandate begins with fixing our broken border. Under President Trump, CBP will immediately begin to seal our border and halt the flood of illegal aliens.” Trump border czar Tom Homan floats ‘weekly White House briefings’ to share migrant arrest and deportation numbersFirst migrant caravan of 2025 marches from Mexico to US to try to beat Trump inauguration “We will continue the effort launched by the Trump administration to move parts of the sprawling federal bureaucracy to new locations outside the Washington Swamp,” Trump said on his campaign website last year. “And I mean immediately out of Washington to places filled with patriots who love America, and they really do love America,” he added.Scott declined to comment on Self’s bill when reached by The Post.the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service to Kansas City, Mo., and the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado, according to the Dallas Morning New
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