[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1210

   Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law 
                 enforcement officers face as a result.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. 
 Guest, Mr. Ezell, and Mr. Green of Tennessee) 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


 
   Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law 
                 enforcement officers face as a result.

Whereas the Biden administration brazenly eliminated effective and lawful Trump 
        administration immigration enforcement policies, directly leading to the 
        worst border crisis in the history of the Nation and affecting every 
        State;
Whereas the Biden administration's failed border policies have resulted in an 
        exponential rise in illegal alien encounters, totaling more than 
        9,300,000 in less than 4 years;
Whereas over 1,800,000 known ``gotaways'' have crossed the border illegally and 
        evaded apprehension, with the administration having no idea of their 
        identity, whereabouts, or intent;
Whereas at least 362 individuals on the terrorist watch list have been 
        apprehended trying to illegally enter the country between ports of entry 
        since fiscal year 2021;
Whereas fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are pouring into the United States, 
        forcing local police departments to issue naloxone, a lifesaving 
        medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, to every officer;
Whereas the suffering endured by the American people from the unprecedented rise 
        in dangerous crime and historic levels of drug-related deaths is the 
        direct result of an unsecured border;
Whereas elected Democrats from Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, 
        Texas, and Washington, DC, have declared states of emergency as a result 
        of the border crisis;
Whereas Democrat-led sanctuary cities have slashed city budgets, including 
        funding for law enforcement;
Whereas law enforcement officers in the United States have suffered through 
        calls by politicians and activists to ``defund the police'' and are now 
        suffering from historically low levels of recruitment and morale as a 
        result of these attacks to their profession;
Whereas migrant gangs, such as the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, 
        actively recruit newly arrived illegal aliens into theft rings and 
        criminal networks;
Whereas New York City Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has warned New 
        Yorkers of a ``wave of migrant crime'', and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams 
        has claimed the migrant crisis will ``destroy New York City'';
Whereas, on February 23, 2024, Venezuelan national Jose Antonio Ibarra was 
        arrested and charged with the murder of 22-year-old student Laken Riley;
Whereas Ibarra entered the country illegally in September 2022 and was 
        subsequently released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the 
        interior;
Whereas, on March 2, 2024, an illegal alien, who entered the United States as a 
        ``gotaway'' at an unknown time and location, allegedly struck and killed 
        Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd;
Whereas a Haitian national who entered the United States via the unlawful Cuban, 
        Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole program, was arrested on 
        March 13, 2024, for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl at an 
        illegal alien shelter in Massachusetts;
Whereas an illegal alien from Lebanon apprehended while illegally crossing the 
        southwest border on March 9, 2024, admitted to being a Hezbollah 
        terrorist and having intentions to make a bomb;
Whereas, on March 21, 2024, illegal aliens in El Paso rushed the border fence 
        and Texas National Guard troops in an effort to breach the border into 
        the United States;
Whereas a previously deported illegal alien was charged on March 23, 2024, with 
        murdering 25-year-old Michigan resident Ruby Garcia;
Whereas, on March 27, 2024, an illegal alien from China illegally breached a 
        military base in California and refused to leave;
Whereas, on January 27, 2024, 2 New York City Police Department officers were 
        assaulted by more than a dozen illegal alien suspects in Times Square, 
        many of whom were set free without bail; and
Whereas law enforcement officers are increasingly targeted and assaulted by 
        illegal aliens while Democrat elected officials prioritize illegal alien 
        criminals over citizens and legal residents of the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) acknowledges that United States law enforcement 
        officers are bravely facing dangers and challenges every day 
        that are exacerbated by the unprecedented crisis at the border, 
        which affects the entire country;
            (2) condemns the open border crisis that President Joe 
        Biden, ``Border Czar'' Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary 
        of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and 
        other Biden administration officials have willingly created 
        along the southwest border;
            (3) urges the Biden administration, and State and local 
        elected officials, to encourage and support dedicated law 
        enforcement officers so those officers can protect the 
        homeland, their cities, counties, or States, and restore law 
        and order; and
            (4) recognizes and sympathizes with law enforcement 
        officers in the United States who have suffered through the 
        mental, physical, and psychological stress associated with the 
        lack of support, trust, and respect they face in our country 
        today.
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