[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 927 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 927

      Condemning the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2018

  Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Wilson of 
  Florida, Ms. Norton, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. 
      Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of 
  Pennsylvania, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Clarke of New York, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Correa, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Vela, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham 
   of New Mexico, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Soto, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
    Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Titus, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
    Grijalva, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
Tsongas, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. 
 Sires, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. 
     Hanabusa, Mr. Crist, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of 
California, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Larson 
 of Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Himes, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
   Johnson of Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. 
Huffman, Ms. Speier, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Bass, Mr. Cleaver, 
     Mr. Keating, Ms. Moore, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
   O'Halleran, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Kelly of 
     Illinois, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Davis of 
  California, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Takano, Mr. 
 Nolan, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Kildee, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Sean 
 Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Kennedy, 
  Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Bustos, 
 Mr. Ellison, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Price of North 
 Carolina, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Miss Rice of New York, Mrs. 
Lowey, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Neal, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
    Jeffries, Mr. Connolly, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. 
 DelBene, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Brownley of California, 
Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Kilmer) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Condemning the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.

Whereas, on April 6, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions notified all United 
        States Attorney's Offices of a new ``zero-tolerance policy'' for 
        immigrants crossing the border into the United States illegally;
Whereas this ``zero-tolerance policy'' has led to a significant increase in the 
        number of immigrant children, as young as 18 months, held in United 
        States Government custody separated from their parents;
Whereas Department of Health and Human Services shelters are at near full 
        capacity, with the agency contemplating housing these children at 
        military bases, and the average length of time spent in these shelters 
        is up to 57 days this year, compared to 51 days last year;
Whereas reports from organizations providing care for these children have 
        reported signs of ``separation trauma'', inability to sleep, nightmares, 
        crying, and begging for their parents, or physical pain, and the 
        American Academy of Pediatrics has emphasized separating children from 
        their parents can cause irreparable harm to a child's health and well-
        being; and
Whereas the United States House of Representatives must come together and 
        address this abusive and cruel policy that is ripping apart families: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the Trump administration's zero tolerance 
        policy that is separating children from their parents at the 
        United States border;
            (2) identifies this policy as child abuse, as it fails to 
        protect children crossing the border;
            (3) recognizes that this zero tolerance policy may inflict 
        irreversible damage to the health of these children that could 
        have a lifetime of consequences; and
            (4) remains actively committed to keeping children and 
        their parents together as they come to the United States, many 
        of whom are fleeing violence.
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