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H.R. 4070119th CongressImmigration
Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act
Sponsored by Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) · 31 active : 31 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedNov 19, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govTren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a border threat assessment and strategic plan regarding Tren de Aragua and other transnational criminal organizations. (Tren de Aragua is a gang that originated in Venezuela.)
The threat assessment must include current and potential criminal threats from Tren de Aragua and a description of its origins, strategic aims, funding sources, and U.S. growth and presence.
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DHS must submit a strategic plan not later than one year after submission of the threat assessment. The plan must include, for example, a consideration of the threat assessment and mitigation efforts regarding Tren de Aragua and other transnational criminal organizations and efforts to disseminate information between DHS and other departments, agencies, and law enforcement entities with missions associated with the border.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Border Security and Enforcement · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Organized crime
- Venezuela
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
31 activeShow all 31 cosponsors
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
- Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5)
- Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
- Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)
- Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)
- Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)
- Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23)
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Joe Wilson
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
