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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 50
Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution
explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion
and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’
posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal
actors who seized control of our southern border.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY16, 2025
Mr. A
RRINGTON(for himself, Mr. SELF, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. WEBERof Texas,
Ms. V
ANDUYNE, Mr. FALLON, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr.
W
ILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GOODEN, Ms. DELACRUZ,
Mr. L
UTTRELL, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas,
and Mr. M
CCAUL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States
Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sov-
ereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citi-
zenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’
posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists
and criminal actors who seized control of our southern
border.
Whereas the Preamble to the United States Constitution out-
lines the chief responsibility of the Federal Government
is to ‘‘insure domestic tranquility’’ and ‘‘provide for the
common defense’’;
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Whereas article IV, section 4 of the United States Constitu-
tion clearly states ‘‘The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a Republican Form of Govern-
ment, and shall protect each of them against Invasion’’;
Whereas President Biden failed to uphold his oath and fulfill
his constitutional duty to ‘‘faithfully execute’’ the laws of
the land;
Whereas, during the Biden administration there were record-
breaking apprehensions at the southern border;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, monthly apprehensions
exceeded 200,000 for numerous months and continue to
increase month over month, eclipsing all-time records for
apprehensions at the southern border;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, border States spent bil-
lions of dollars annually on the provision of healthcare,
housing, education, and other services for illegal aliens;
Whereas those apprehended came from over 160 nations, in-
cluding many individuals on the terrorist watch list and
Special Interest Aliens;
Whereas thousands of criminal offenses have been committed
by illegal immigrants, including assault, homicide, illegal
drug and contraband possession, trafficking, and sexual
offenses;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, criminal offenses com-
mitted by illegal immigrants increased one hundred plus
percent year over year;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, arrests of illegal immi-
grants convicted of sex offenses increased one thousand
plus percent year over year according to Customs and
Border Protection;
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Whereas from 2021 through 2024, authorities seized thou-
sands of pounds of fentanyl—enough to kill every Amer-
ican multiple times over;
Whereas the United States has a drug epidemic whereby tens
of thousands of Americans die every year and almost 100
percent of drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine,
fentanyl, and cocaine, are smuggled across the southern
border;
Whereas migrant women and children, were abused, raped,
tortured, enslaved, and trafficked as a result of the Biden
administration’s failure to secure our southern border;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, attempted crossings by,
and apprehensions of, illegal immigrant criminals on the
FBI’s terror watchlist increased exponentially, and even
more illegal immigrant criminals and terrorists may have
slipped across the border without detection as
‘‘gotaways’’;
Whereas cartels act as paramilitary, narco-terrorist organiza-
tions that profit from trafficking people and drugs across
the southern border into the United States;
Whereas Customs and Border Protection agents have con-
firmed that cartels facilitate and profit from virtually
every illegal border crossing;
Whereas the Biden administration removed effective meas-
ures that reduced illegal immigration and secured the
border, including the Migrant Protection Protocols and
border wall construction;
Whereas the Biden administration implemented measures
that increased illegal immigration including reinstating
‘‘catch and release’’ policies, weakening asylum require-
ments, and countless other policy decisions that encour-
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age a disregard for our laws and sovereignty and em-
bolden cartels;
Whereas States along our southern border—Texas, New Mex-
ico, Arizona, and California—are forced to spend billions
of their own taxpayer dollars to address and combat the
devastation resulting from an unsecured southern border;
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, State and local law en-
forcement entities were overwhelmed by criminal activity
associated with illegal border crossings, putting officers
and communities in danger while draining local re-
sources; and
Whereas from 2021 through 2024, the quality of life and se-
curity of communities in border States, along with every
other State in the United States, were threatened, includ-
ing ranchers suffering from stolen and damaged prop-
erty, healthcare providers with strained capacity, and
educators struggling to absorb the high volume of mi-
grant children in classrooms: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) declares and finds as a matter of fact any 2
State within the United States has the sovereign 3
right to exclude from the sovereign’s territory any 4
person who does not have the right to be there; 5
(2) declares and finds as a matter of fact that 6
from 2021 through 2024, the States at our southern 7
border, including Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and 8
California, were invaded or were in such imminent 9
danger from paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, 10
terrorists, and criminal actors as will not admit 11
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delay as stated in article I, section 10 of the United 1
States Constitution and those States have the sov-2
ereign and unilateral authority pursuant to article I, 3
section 10 of the United States Constitution to de-4
fend themselves against the invasion or imminent 5
danger by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, ter-6
rorists and criminal actors; 7
(3) declares and finds as a matter of fact that 8
from 2021 through 2024, the United States failed to 9
protect the aforementioned States at our southern 10
border against invasion pursuant to article IV, sec-11
tion 4 of the United States Constitution or to ‘‘en-12
sure domestic tranquility’’, ‘‘provide for the common 13
defense’’, and ‘‘execute the laws’’ of the United 14
States; and 15
(4) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 16
Biden administration failed to faithfully execute the 17
laws of the United States and to defend and protect 18
the aforementioned States on the southern border 19
against invasion or imminent danger. 20
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