[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1112 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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H. Res. 1112
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
May 1, 2024.
Whereas President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro
Mayorkas have created the worst border security crisis in the Nation's
history;
Whereas President Biden, beginning on day one of his administration,
systematically dismantled effective border security measures and
interior immigration enforcement;
Whereas the Biden administration's open-borders policies have incentivized
9,500,000 illegal aliens from all around the world, including criminal
aliens and suspected terrorists, to arrive at the southwest border;
Whereas the Biden administration has allowed at least 6,400,000 illegal aliens
from the southwest border to travel to American communities;
Whereas current immigration law allows for the United States to enter into
asylum cooperative agreements with other countries to allow for the
removal of certain aliens seeking asylum in the United States;
Whereas asylum cooperative agreements provide the United States with another
tool to reduce the incentives for illegal immigration;
Whereas asylum cooperative agreements increase cooperation with United States
allies in the Western Hemisphere and around the world and promote shared
responsibility;
Whereas the previous administration announced asylum cooperative agreements with
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras;
Whereas the Biden administration suspended and terminated these asylum
cooperative agreements as part of its open-borders agenda that has
encouraged mass illegal immigration to the southwest border;
Whereas the border wall aids the Border Patrol in its mission to ``detect and
prevent the illegal entry of individuals into the United States'';
Whereas the Biden administration stopped the previous administration's southwest
border wall construction;
Whereas the Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that the Secretary of
Homeland Security detain inadmissible aliens arriving at the border who
express an intention to apply for asylum or fear of persecution;
Whereas the Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that the Secretary of
Homeland Security detain, during removal proceedings, aliens who arrive
at the border and are found to be inadmissible;
Whereas the Biden administration has purposely violated United States
immigration law by refusing to detain inadmissible aliens arriving at
the border;
Whereas the Biden administration's purposeful violation of the mandatory
detention statutes of the Immigration and Nationality Act has resulted
in the mass release of millions of illegal aliens into United States
communities;
Whereas the Biden administration could expand expedited removal to more quickly
remove illegal aliens at the border and screen more illegal aliens for
asylum eligibility instead of mass releasing them into the United
States;
Whereas, when implemented by the Trump administration, the Migrant Protection
Protocols helped reduce illegal immigration;
Whereas, despite its effectiveness and despite the advice of career Department
of Homeland Security officials not to do so, the Biden administration
terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols;
Whereas the Biden administration has purposely violated United States
immigration law by abusing discretionary case-by-case and other parole
authorities to mass parole illegal aliens who would otherwise have no
legal basis to enter and remain in the United States;
Whereas the Biden administration issued multiple memoranda limiting
circumstances under which immigration enforcement actions can be taken
against illegal aliens;
Whereas these memoranda are the basis for lower numbers of criminal alien
removals from the United States;
Whereas additional criminal aliens remain on American streets, free to offend
and victimize more Americans, because of the Biden administration's lack
of immigration enforcement;
Whereas these memoranda are the basis for policies directing Federal Government
attorneys in immigration court to not pursue removal cases against
illegal aliens;
Whereas the Biden administration's open-borders policies signal to illegal
aliens that when they come to the United States they will be released
and will not be removed;
Whereas the Biden administration's open-borders policies encourage illegal
aliens to come to the United States and allow illegal and other criminal
aliens to remain in the country;
Whereas the illegal alien who viciously allegedly murdered 22-year-old Athens,
Georgia, nursing student Laken Riley is a beneficiary of the Biden
administration's open-borders policies;
Whereas, during the State of the Union speech, President Biden described Laken
Riley's illegal alien alleged murderer as ``an illegal'';
Whereas, two days later, after pressure from open-borders advocates, President
Biden noted in a television interview that he felt ``regret'' for using
the word ``illegal'' to describe Laken Riley's illegal alien alleged
murderer;
Whereas, during that interview, President Biden claimed that illegal aliens like
Laken Riley's alleged murderer ``built the country'';
Whereas Laken Riley's illegal alien alleged murderer should not have been
released by the Biden administration into the United States;
Whereas Laken Riley's illegal alien alleged murderer should have been arrested
and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he
committed crimes in the United States; and
Whereas Laken Riley's illegal alien alleged murderer is but one of countless
illegal alien criminals and terrorists the Biden administration has
released into the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) affirms the Biden administration has taken executive actions
that created the current border crisis, including--
(A) ending the Migrant Protection Protocols;
(B) terminating asylum cooperative agreements with
Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador;
(C) abusing parole authority;
(D) stopping the previous administration's southwest border
wall construction;
(E) issuing memoranda limiting immigration enforcement;
(F) removing fewer criminal aliens from the United States;
and
(G) purposely violating statutes that require the detention
of inadmissible aliens;
(2) denounces the Biden administration's open-borders policies,
which allowed Laken Riley's illegal alien alleged murderer to enter the
United States and ensured he would not be removed until it was too
late--if at all;
(3) condemns the public safety crisis caused by the Biden
administration's open-borders policies;
(4) urges the Biden administration to rescind its open-borders
policies; and
(5) implores the Biden administration to implement policies that end
his administration's border crisis.
Attest:
Clerk.