PRINTER'S NO. 310
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.28
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, PHILLIPS-HILL, ARGALL AND CULVER,
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Governor to offer the services of the Pennsylvania
National Guard to the State of Texas in support of Operation
Lone Star.
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4, of the Constitution of the
United States requires the Federal Government to protect the
states against invasion; and
WHEREAS, Since January 2021, more than 10 million illegal
immigrants have crossed the southern border of the United
States, the majority of which have entered through Texas; and
WHEREAS, Three hundred ninety illegal aliens on the terrorist
watch list have been apprehended; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Government has failed to adequately
secure the border and has encouraged the increase in illegal
immigration by prohibiting Texas from defending its border; and
WHEREAS, On May 16, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent
letters to all governors in the United States requesting support
for Operation Lone Star; and
WHEREAS, Currently, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
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Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia and Wyoming, have deployed their national guard to
secure the border; and
WHEREAS, Operation Lone Star personnel work to detect and
repel illegal crossings, arrest human smugglers and cartel gang
members and stop the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl; and
WHEREAS, Operation Lone Star has led to more than 530,800
illegal immigrant apprehensions, more than 50,300 criminal
arrests, 43,000 felony charges and the seizure of more than 622
million lethal doses of fentanyl, and, according to the Texas
Department of Public Safety, Texas has decreased illegal entry
by 87%; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has a compelling interest to help
secure the southern border as fentanyl has killed tens of
thousands of residents throughout this Commonwealth, school
districts are increasingly burdened, available affordable
housing is constricted and strained social benefits are diverted
from legal citizens; and
WHEREAS, Illegal immigration cost Pennsylvania taxpayers more
than $1.6 billion in 2024, equating to a burden of $4,845 per
Pennsylvania taxpayer annually, according to the Federation for
American Immigration Reform; and
WHEREAS, Benjamin Franklin founded what is now our
Pennsylvania National Guard to provide a common defense of
Pennsylvania in times of crisis; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has the third-largest National Guard in
the country with more than 18,000 personnel; and
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the Pennsylvania National
Guard has been deployed nationwide to assist other states with
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terror attacks such as 9/11; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard also has experience
assisting with surges of illegal immigration at the southwestern
border through its participation in Operation Jump Start; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, members of the 201st Red Horse Squadron of
the Pennsylvania National Guard were deployed to serve in
Operation Jump Start, where they helped to secure the southwest
border by constructing valuable infrastructure to keep our
border and citizens secure from human traffickers and drug
smugglers; and
WHEREAS, The lawlessness on the United States' southern
border and its impacts upon the people of Pennsylvania
constitutes a crisis that calls for a significant response from
this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard has the experience
and resources necessary to assist Texas in securing its border
and reducing the strain that illegal immigration is having on
the nation; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
urge the Governor to offer the services of the Pennsylvania
National Guard to the State of Texas in support of Operation
Lone Star or in support of any state seeking assistance to
secure the southern border; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the following:
(1) The President of the United States.
(2) The Director of Homeland Security.
(3) The Governor.
(4) The Governor of the State of Texas.
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