[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 928 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 928
Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Homeland
Security, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all
documents in their possession referring or relating to certain aspects
of border policies of the United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 15, 2022
Mr. Meijer (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Guest, Mr. Norman, Mrs.
Cammack, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Newhouse,
Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Bergman, Mr.
Emmer, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. Stefanik, Mr.
Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. Mace, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr.
Burgess, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. McKinley, Mr. McCaul, Ms.
Malliotakis, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Weber of Texas, and
Mrs. Harshbarger) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
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RESOLUTION
Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Homeland
Security, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all
documents in their possession referring or relating to certain aspects
of border policies of the United States.
Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests the President,
and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, to transmit to the
House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the
adoption of this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda,
analytical products, advisory legal opinions, notes, reports, briefing
materials, intelligence assessments, audio recordings, records
(including telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence,
communications, and other materials, both classified and unclassified,
in the possession of the President or the Secretary, respectively, as
of the date of adoption of this resolution that refer or relate to--
(1) Department of Homeland Security policies implemented
and data collected regarding individuals who, from January 20,
2021, until such date of adoption, have arrived at the
southwest border of the United States with the intent to enter
the United States, including--
(A) the total number of encounters reported by U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel, on a
monthly basis;
(B) the total number of such encounters reported by
CBP personnel, on a monthly basis, of individuals--
(i) who had previously been encountered
attempting to cross the southwest border;
(ii) attempting to cross the Southwest
border as part of a family unit;
(iii) who are single adult males attempting
to cross the southwest border;
(iv) who are single adult females
attempting to cross the southwest border;
(v) who are unaccompanied minor children
attempting to cross the southwest border; and
(vi) admitted into the United States after
processing by CBP;
(C) the total number of such individuals who have
reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) after previously being admitted into the United
States after such processing;
(D) the total number of unaccompanied minor
children admitted into the United States after such
processing and transferred to the custody of the
Department of Health and Human Services;
(E) the total number of individuals encountered by
CBP personnel and denied admission to the United
States;
(F) potential explanations for changes in the
number of encounters described in subparagraph (B) from
previous years;
(G) estimates of how many individuals were able to
cross the border into the United States without being
encountered by CBP personnel, on a monthly basis;
(H) any analysis done prior to January 20, 2021,
regarding the potential consequences of reversing or
suspending immigration policies implemented under the
previous presidential administration;
(I) reimplementation of the Migrant Protection
Protocols described in the Department of Homeland
Security memorandum entitled ``Policy Guidance for
Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols'',
dated January 25, 2019;
(J) guidance relating to the documentation required
and accepted as valid identification for migrants
traveling within the United States, including
Transportation Security Administration policies
regarding valid identification documentation required
for migrants to pass through airport security
checkpoints;
(K) the use of authority under section 362 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265; commonly and
popularly referred to as ``title 42 authority'') to
prevent the spread of communicable diseases to suspend
persons and property from the United States;
(L) processes, procedures, and guidance relating to
COVID-19 for individuals encountered along the
southwest border, including requirements related to
testing, quarantine periods, and vaccinations; and
(M) deployment and use of new and existing
technology, including surveillance towers, ground
sensors, cargo scanning equipment, and drones, on the
southwest border to support Department of Homeland
Security operations;
(2) the total amounts of illicit narcotics, including
fentanyl, seized by CBP, and any internal documentation related
to potential explanations for changes in seizure amounts from
previous years;
(3) the treatment of unaccompanied minor children who, from
January 20, 2021, until such date of adoption, have been
encountered crossing the southwest border, including--
(A) information regarding processes, procedures,
and guidance relating to such encounters;
(B) the Department's current screening and vetting
procedures to determine a migrant's age as well as if a
migrant is an unaccompanied child prior to transfer to
the Department of Health and Human Services,
including--
(i) instances in the past three calendar
years in which an adult migrant posing as an
unaccompanied minor child was--
(I) encountered at the southwest
border; or
(II) detected residing in the
United States; and
(ii) the Department's response to instances
in which migrant adults posing as undocumented
migrant children commit acts of violence or
other crimes;
(C) information regarding transportation of
unaccompanied minor children aboard United States
Government-chartered and commercial flights departing
from locations near or on the southwest border and
flying to locations in the United States; and
(D) information regarding such flights arriving at
Westchester County Airport;
(4) any activity within the Department to track
transnational criminal organizations that have engaged in human
trafficking along the southwest border of the United States,
including--
(A) any discussions, assessments, or professional
opinions regarding the extent to which such
transnational criminal organizations have profited from
such human trafficking;
(B) any intelligence assessments, products, or
activities of the Department regarding the regional
activities of transnational criminal organizations in
Central and South America, including the role of such
organizations in facilitating the formation and
movement of large groups of migrants traveling together
to the southwest border;
(C) incidents in which Department personnel
interdicted criminals attempting to traffic migrants
across the southwest border;
(D) incidents in which Department personnel
interdicted criminals attempting to traffic children
across the southwest border;
(E) incidents in which Department personnel or
local law enforcement were involved or arrived on the
scene of a traffic accident at or near the southwest
border in which one of the vehicles involved was found
to be involved in human trafficking; and
(F) communications with State and local law
enforcement along the southwest border regarding
incidents of human trafficking, including child
trafficking;
(5) incidents in which a child could not be located after
being released into the United States pending a removal hearing
with or to an accompanying adult claiming to be the legal
guardian of such child;
(6) communications between the Department and the
Government of Mexico regarding unaccompanied migrant children
crossing the southwest border from January 20, 2021, until such
date of adoption; and
(7) policies and procedures when children are interdicted
at the southwest border and found to be trafficking illicit
commodities.
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