[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1210 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1210
Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law
enforcement officers face as a result.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2024
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Brecheen, Mr.
Guest, Mr. Ezell, and Mr. Green of Tennessee) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and
in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law
enforcement officers face as a result.
Whereas the Biden administration brazenly eliminated effective and lawful Trump
administration immigration enforcement policies, directly leading to the
worst border crisis in the history of the Nation and affecting every
State;
Whereas the Biden administration's failed border policies have resulted in an
exponential rise in illegal alien encounters, totaling more than
9,300,000 in less than 4 years;
Whereas over 1,800,000 known ``gotaways'' have crossed the border illegally and
evaded apprehension, with the administration having no idea of their
identity, whereabouts, or intent;
Whereas at least 362 individuals on the terrorist watch list have been
apprehended trying to illegally enter the country between ports of entry
since fiscal year 2021;
Whereas fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are pouring into the United States,
forcing local police departments to issue naloxone, a lifesaving
medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, to every officer;
Whereas the suffering endured by the American people from the unprecedented rise
in dangerous crime and historic levels of drug-related deaths is the
direct result of an unsecured border;
Whereas elected Democrats from Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York,
Texas, and Washington, DC, have declared states of emergency as a result
of the border crisis;
Whereas Democrat-led sanctuary cities have slashed city budgets, including
funding for law enforcement;
Whereas law enforcement officers in the United States have suffered through
calls by politicians and activists to ``defund the police'' and are now
suffering from historically low levels of recruitment and morale as a
result of these attacks to their profession;
Whereas migrant gangs, such as the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua,
actively recruit newly arrived illegal aliens into theft rings and
criminal networks;
Whereas New York City Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has warned New
Yorkers of a ``wave of migrant crime'', and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams
has claimed the migrant crisis will ``destroy New York City'';
Whereas, on February 23, 2024, Venezuelan national Jose Antonio Ibarra was
arrested and charged with the murder of 22-year-old student Laken Riley;
Whereas Ibarra entered the country illegally in September 2022 and was
subsequently released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the
interior;
Whereas, on March 2, 2024, an illegal alien, who entered the United States as a
``gotaway'' at an unknown time and location, allegedly struck and killed
Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd;
Whereas a Haitian national who entered the United States via the unlawful Cuban,
Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole program, was arrested on
March 13, 2024, for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl at an
illegal alien shelter in Massachusetts;
Whereas an illegal alien from Lebanon apprehended while illegally crossing the
southwest border on March 9, 2024, admitted to being a Hezbollah
terrorist and having intentions to make a bomb;
Whereas, on March 21, 2024, illegal aliens in El Paso rushed the border fence
and Texas National Guard troops in an effort to breach the border into
the United States;
Whereas a previously deported illegal alien was charged on March 23, 2024, with
murdering 25-year-old Michigan resident Ruby Garcia;
Whereas, on March 27, 2024, an illegal alien from China illegally breached a
military base in California and refused to leave;
Whereas, on January 27, 2024, 2 New York City Police Department officers were
assaulted by more than a dozen illegal alien suspects in Times Square,
many of whom were set free without bail; and
Whereas law enforcement officers are increasingly targeted and assaulted by
illegal aliens while Democrat elected officials prioritize illegal alien
criminals over citizens and legal residents of the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) acknowledges that United States law enforcement
officers are bravely facing dangers and challenges every day
that are exacerbated by the unprecedented crisis at the border,
which affects the entire country;
(2) condemns the open border crisis that President Joe
Biden, ``Border Czar'' Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary
of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and
other Biden administration officials have willingly created
along the southwest border;
(3) urges the Biden administration, and State and local
elected officials, to encourage and support dedicated law
enforcement officers so those officers can protect the
homeland, their cities, counties, or States, and restore law
and order; and
(4) recognizes and sympathizes with law enforcement
officers in the United States who have suffered through the
mental, physical, and psychological stress associated with the
lack of support, trust, and respect they face in our country
today.
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