[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1112 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1112

      Denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2024

 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas 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


 
      Denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policies.

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.
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