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HR 4070 Passed a chamber

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a threat assessment on the Tren de Aragua criminal group's border activities within 180 days, followed by a strategic plan to counter it within one year after that.

Official title: Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 23-JUN-2025
Referred 23-JUN-2025
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2025
Reported 26-SEP-2025
On the calendar 26-SEP-2025
Passed 19-NOV-2025
Senate
Received 20-NOV-2025
Key points
  • Requires the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the intelligence community, to submit an unclassified border threat assessment on Tren de Aragua within 180 days of enactment, with a classified annex allowed.
  • The assessment covers the group's origins, strategic aims, tactical methods, funding sources, leadership structure, and growth in the United States, along with threats to the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
  • Requires a strategic plan within one year after the assessment to locate, disrupt, and prevent transnational criminal organizations, and to share border threat information with other federal agencies and state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (23-JUN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-NOV-2025).

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Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Immigration

Sponsor Brad Knott (R-NC) Cosponsors · 31
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