[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 299 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 299

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that immigration 
                   makes the United States stronger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2019

Mr. Malinowski (for himself, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Escobar, Mr. 
 Trone, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Porter, Ms. Omar, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Mucarsel-
 Powell, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Heck, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mr. Allred, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Norcross, 
    Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cox of California, Mrs. 
Fletcher, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Dean, Ms. Pressley, Mr. 
 Cohen, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Lofgren, 
   Mr. Nadler, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Crow, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Lee 
 of California, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, 
 Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Rouda, 
Ms. Titus, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Engel, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Danny 
 K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Case, Ms. Adams, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
 Moulton, Mr. Soto, Mr. Correa, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Craig, Mrs. 
 Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, 
Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. 
 Moore, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Foster, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Payne, 
 Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Meng, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Sires, Mr. Himes, 
   Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Ms. 
 Jackson Lee, and Mr. Cartwright) 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


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that immigration 
                   makes the United States stronger.

Whereas President Reagan said that you can go to live in France, but you cannot 
        become a Frenchman, or you can go to live in Germany, Turkey, or Japan, 
        but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese, but anyone, from 
        any corner of the Earth, can come to live in the United States and 
        become an American;
Whereas the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes our freedom and represents our 
        heritage, the compact with our parents, our grandparents, and our 
        ancestors, and gives us our great and special place in the world;
Whereas it is the great life force of each generation of new Americans that 
        guarantees that the United States triumph shall continue unsurpassed 
        into the coming century and beyond;
Whereas other countries may seek to compete with us, but in one vital area--as a 
        beacon of freedom and opportunity that draws the people of the world--no 
        country on Earth comes close;
Whereas this is one of the most important sources of the greatness of the United 
        States--we lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our 
        people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world, 
        and by doing so we continuously renew and enrich our Nation;
Whereas while other countries cling to the stale past, here in the United States 
        we breathe life into dreams, we create the future and the world follows 
        us into tomorrow;
Whereas thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we're a 
        Nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and 
        always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next 
        frontier;
Whereas if we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world 
        would soon be lost;
Whereas it is bold men and women, yearning for freedom and opportunity, who 
        leave their homelands and come to a new country to start their lives 
        over, believing in the American dream, and over and over making it come 
        true for themselves, for their children, and for others;
Whereas immigrants give more than they receive--they labor and succeed, often as 
        entrepreneurs, but their greatest contribution is more than economic, 
        because they understand in a special way how glorious it is to be an 
        American; and
Whereas they renew our pride and gratitude in the United States, the greatest, 
        freest Nation in the world--the last, best hope of men and women on 
        Earth: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Condemning White Supremacist 
Terrorism and the Anti-immigrant Rhetoric that Inspires It 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    That the House of Representatives--
            (1) believes that immigration makes the United States 
        stronger;
            (2) is committed to keeping the United States open to those 
        lawfully seeking refuge and asylum from violence and oppression 
        and a chance to live the American dream, no matter their race, 
        faith, or country of origin;
            (3) recognizes that the Federal Government has a duty to 
        secure our borders, and that patriotic Americans can disagree 
        about the best way to do so, within the boundaries set by our 
        Constitution, our laws, and our ideals as a Nation of 
        immigrants;
            (4) rejects the hateful propaganda of White supremacist 
        terrorists, including those who committed the massacres of 
        Jewish people at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue building 
        and of Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, that immigrants to 
        our country or to other countries are ``invaders'' or that they 
        pose any intrinsic threat to society;
            (5) condemns political leaders who legitimize White 
        supremacist ideology by echoing claims of an immigrant 
        invasion, by falsely alleging that our fellow Americans who are 
        immigrants and refugees commit more crimes or contribute less 
        to our society than native born citizens, or by spreading 
        conspiracy theories about the law enforcement and intelligence 
        agencies seeking to protect every American;
            (6) encourages the men and women of the Justice Department, 
        including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department 
        of Homeland Security, and State and local law enforcement 
        agencies, to enhance their efforts so that the threat posed by 
        domestic terrorism and extremist ideology is met with the same 
        seriousness and resolve as the threat posed by terrorist groups 
        based outside the United States; and
            (7) urges social media companies to take additional steps 
        to remove extremist content from their platforms, and urges 
        them to reevaluate how they deliver information, including 
        algorithms that drive users towards sensational content and 
        ideological extremes.
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