IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1371 

Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala 

Harris’s, failure to secure the United States border. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. LOPEZ, and Mr. BOST) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris’s, failure to secure the United 

States border. 

Whereas, on March 24, 2021, President Biden asked Vice 

President Kamala Harris to serve as the administration’s 

border czar in charge of: working to address the ‘‘root 

causes’’ of illegal immigration into the United States; 

Whereas it took Vice President Kamala Harris 93 days as 

the border czar before finally visiting the southern border 

on June 25, 2021; 

Whereas when Vice President Kamala Harris traveled near 

the southern border for the first time on June 25, 2021, 


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she decided to travel to El Paso, Texas, 800 miles away 

from the lower Rio Grande; 

Whereas former United States Border Patrol Chief Raul 

Ortiz stated that during his two years in the position, 

‘‘I’ve never had one conversation with the president 

[Biden] or the vice president [Harris], for that matter. 

I was the Chief of the Border Patrol, I commanded 

21,000 people. That’s a problem.’’; 

Whereas current United States Border Patrol Chief Jason 

Owens stated that Vice President Kamala Harris has not 

spoken with him since he was appointed in July 2023; 

Whereas, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, 

there have been over 9.7 million illegal immigrant encounters nationwide; 

Whereas, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, 

there have been over 7.9 million illegal immigrant encounters at the United States southern border; 

Whereas, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, 

there have been roughly 2 million known gotaways who 

evaded the United States Border Patrol; 

Whereas this number represents more known gotaways than 

in the previous decade combined; 

Whereas, in May 2024, there were 170,723 illegal immigrant 

encounters at the United States southern border, a 185 

percent increase from the average May encounter total 

under President Trump; 

Whereas May 2024 was the 39th straight month where 

monthly illegal immigrant encounters have been higher 

than even the highest month seen under President 

Trump; 


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Whereas illegal immigrants with violent criminal histories 

who have murdered innocent Americans like Laken Riley, 

Jocelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin, and others throughout 

the United States, pose an existential threat to the safety 

and security of the American people; 

Whereas, in June 2024, NBC News reported that over 50 illegal immigrants with ties to ISIS were on the loose in 

the United States after having been released by the 

Biden administration; 

Whereas, during the Biden administration, over 350 of these 

individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watch 

list were stopped trying to cross the southern border; 

Whereas, to date in fiscal year 2024, there have been a 

record-breaking 31,077 Communist Chinese nationals encountered at the southwest border; 

Whereas the Biden border crisis is costing the United States 

approximately $150.7 billion each year and each taxpayer 

$1,156 each year; 

Whereas, in May 2024, the Committee on Homeland Security 

Republicans released documents showing the Biden administration secretly flew over 400,000 illegal immigrants 

into the country; and 

Whereas President Biden’s and Border Czar Harris’s far left 

Democrat open border policies are to blame for this historic crisis, and in August 2022, Biden and his administration decided to make the border crisis significantly 

worse by formally ending former President Trump’s successful Remain in Mexico program: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) strongly condemns the Biden Administra2 tion and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris’s, failure 

3 to secure the United States border; 

4 (2) affirms that the American people deserve 

5 elected officials who understand the gravity of the 

6 crisis at the border and who will execute the policies 

7 to fix the border crisis; and 

8 (3) clearly and firmly states that the continu9 ation of the Biden, Harris border policies would be 

10 disastrous for both the United States and the Amer11 ican people. 

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