H.R. 4070 — Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act

This section directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the intelligence community and heads of other relevant federal departments or agencies, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees (i.e., House Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) a border threat assessment on Tren de Aragua—a transnational criminal organization—within 180 days of enactment. The threat assessment, which must be unclassified but may include a classified annex, identifies current and potential criminal threats from Tren de Aragua members seeking to enter or exploit vulnerabilities at the southwest, northern, or maritime borders; describes the organization's origins, strategic aims, tactical methods, funding sources, leadership structure, and chronological growth and presence in the United States; and addresses any other matters deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Within one year after submitting the threat assessment, the Secretary must submit a strategic plan to counter identified threats, considering the assessment, efforts to share border threat information with other federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial entities, and measures to locate, detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent proliferation of transnational criminal organizations including Tren de Aragua.