The committee conducts oversight and handles legislation (and resolutions) related to the security of the United States. The committee has authorization and policy oversight responsibilities over the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate counterpart: Senate Committee on Homeland Security 

Subcommittees:

• Border Security and Enforcement
• Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
• Emergency Management and Technology
• Oversight, Investigations and Accountability
• Transportation and Maritime Security

Chair: Mark Green, Tennessee (R)
Ranking Member: Bennie Thompson, Mississippi (D)

Majority Staff Director: Stephen Siao
Minority Staff Director:  Hope Goins
Meeting Location: H2-176 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515;  (202) 226-8417

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The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement is a subcommittee within the House Homeland Security Committee. The Subcommittee focuses on: border and port security in the northern and southern land, air, and maritime domains; international aspects of border security; DHS policies and operations facilitating lawful trade and travel; CBP staffing and resource allocations at and between air, land, and sea ports of entry; and ICE and USCIS border security activities. Subcommittee maintains oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Also see the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

Republican Members (Majority)
Chair: Clay Higgins, Louisiana
Michael Guest, Mississippi
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia
Tony Gonzales, Texas
Morgan Luttrell, Texas
Josh Brecheen, Oklahoma

Democratic Members (Minority)
Ranking Member: Lou Correa, California
Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
Robert Garcia, California
Delia Ramirez, Illinois
Tom Suozzi, New York

Democratic Members (Majority):
Yvette Clarke, New York, Chair
Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
James Langevin, Rhode Island
Elissa Slotkin, Michigan
Kathleen Rice, New York
Ritchie Torres, New York

Republican Members (Minority):
Andrew Garbarino, New York, Ranking Member
Ralph Norman, South Carolina
Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee
Andrew Clyde, Georgia
Jake LaTurner, Kansas

Featured Video:
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee Roundtable Briefing – April 2, 2019

Current Position: US Representative of OH 9th District since 1983
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – House Appropriations
District:   northwestern part of the state, bordering Michigan, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes all of Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties, and a portion of northern Wood County. 
Upcoming Election: Kaptur kept her seat in the 2024 election cycle.

Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in congressional history.

She did doctoral studies in urban planning development finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Kaptur served on the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions from 1969 to 1975. She was director of planning for the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs (1975–1977), founded by Geno Baroni. She later served as a domestic policy advisor during President Jimmy Carter’s administration.