Current: US Representative of TX District 28 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
District: deep south Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio, and ending at the U.S.–Mexico border. Towns entirely or partially within this district include Converse, Laredo, Rio Grande City, and Universal City.
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History: Cuellar served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and briefly served as the Texas Secretary of State in 2001.
Cuellar earned a Master of Arts in international trade from Texas A&M International University, a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Texas School of Law and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. As of 2023, he is finishing a master’s in defense and strategic studies from Naval War College. v\In 1981, Cuellar opened his own law firm in Laredo and became a licensed customs broker in 1983. From 1984 to 1986 he taught at Texas A&M International University as an adjunct professor of international commercial law.
Featured Quote: Our DHS agents, & border communities, are overwhelmed & must be prioritized. DHS will again encounter over 180,000 immigrants at the southern border during July—adding to the more than 1M immigrants that have arrived at the southern border in FY21. Something has to change!
Featured Video: Congressman Henry Cuellar Addresses Border Crossings | MSNBC