H. Res. 1210 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 15, 2024. 

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 
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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; 
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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 
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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. 

Attest: 

Clerk.