[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1415. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 937, to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 
hate crimes, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON THE RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO 
                   UNLAWFULLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) There was a 71 percent increase in the number of 
     illegal immigrant encounters by U.S Customs and Border 
     Protection agents between February and March 2021.
       (2) In March 2021, more than 172,000 illegal immigrants 
     were intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     agents, including 53,000 illegal immigrants who entered the 
     United States as part of a family group.
       (3) Although Federal law requires the Department of 
     Homeland Security to detain, pending the completion of 
     removal proceedings, any alien who is not ``clearly and 
     beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted'', as of April 2021, 
     the Department of Homeland Security is releasing many such 
     individuals into communities in Texas and other border 
     States, which has caused a significant strain on such 
     communities and on State and local governments that lack the 
     resources and infrastructure to care for so many individuals.
       (b) Restriction.--The Department of Homeland Security may 
     not release any individual who unlawfully entered the United 
     States into any State, county, or city in the United States 
     unless the governor of such State and the governing body of 
     such county and city expressly consent to such release.
       (c) Cause of Action.--A violation of subsection (b) shall 
     give rise to a cause of action against the Federal Government 
     by a State, county, or city into which jurisdiction such 
     individual was released.
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