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IV 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 932 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2006 Mr. Berry submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Ways and Means, 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 RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should make additional emergency supplemental appropriations for necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to border security, immigration, and customs.

Whereas there are an estimated 11,000,000 illegal immigrants in the United States, and that this population is estimated to increase more than 500,000 annually; Whereas reducing the amount of illegal immigration into the United States is a matter of national and economic security; Whereas securing the border has to be the first step in any pursuit of immigration reform; Whereas the United States needs to implement immediately a border security system which integrates fencing, manpower, and new technologies to further control the border region; and Whereas it is vital for the people of the United States to realize that the Congress is immediately prepared to provide the resources necessary to secure the borders of the United States: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should promptly make emergency supplemental appropriations for necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to border security, immigration, and customs.