Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act

This proposal directs the Department of Homeland Security to study the criminal group known as Tren de Aragua, identify how it could threaten U.S. borders (southwest, northern, and maritime), and share a public report. The report must cover the group’s origins, goals, methods, money sources, leaders, growth, and presence in the U.S. It can include a classified appendix if needed.

After that report, the department must create a plan to counter these threats. The plan should improve how border security information is shared across federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement, and step up efforts to find, stop, and disrupt transnational criminal organizations, including Tren de Aragua, and prevent them from spreading in the U.S.

Key points

• Who is affected: Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement with duties along the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
• What changes: A border threat assessment focused on Tren de Aragua, followed by a strategic plan to disrupt and prevent its activities, with better information sharing among agencies.
• When: The threat assessment is due within 180 days after the law takes effect; the strategic plan is due within one year after that assessment is submitted.