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HR 4070 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act

In plain language: This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to analyze the criminal threats posed by the transnational gang Tren de Aragua along U.S. land and maritime borders. Within six months, federal officials must deliver a report detailing the group's leadership, funding, tactics, and expansion inside the country. One year after that review, the agency must submit a coordinated strategy to disrupt the gang's operations and share border intelligence with state, local, and tribal law enforcement.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

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People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill directs interagency coordination and congressional reporting rather than directly regulating or granting benefits to a quantifiable group of individuals.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 4070, Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act, 2025-07-21); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Policing & funding−14Enforcement & security−16

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • State, local, Tribal, and territorial border law enforcement agenciesIncluded in DHS's strategic plan as intended recipients of analyzed border security and threat intelligence information.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of Homeland SecurityRequires DHS to conduct a threat assessment within 180 days and develop a strategic plan within one year to counter and disrupt Tren de Aragua.provisional

Who opposes it

  • Tren de Aragua and affiliated criminal organizationsTargeted by a mandatory federal threat assessment and strategic plan aimed at locating, interdicting, disrupting, and preventing the group's expansion in the United States.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the intelligence community and other federal agencies, to submit a threat assessment to Congress within 180 days detailing border security and criminal threats posed by the gang Tren de Aragua.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a strategic plan to Congress within one year after the threat assessment to disrupt Tren de Aragua, prevent its expansion, and share intelligence across federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Nov 20, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Nov 19, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Nov 19, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4787)
  4. Nov 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4787)
  5. Sep 26, 2025Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-313.
  6. Sep 26, 2025Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-313.
  7. Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  8. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House
  9. Jun 23, 2025Introduced in House

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Sources & provenance

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