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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 839 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that officers of the 

Department of Homeland Security should not undermine the efforts 

of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity 

of the borders of the United States and protect the Nation from intrusion. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2006 

Mr. GOODE (for himself, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. PAUL, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 

GINGREY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, 

Mr. FEENEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. AKIN, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mrs. 

MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. SAM

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PITTS, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 

CARTER, and Mr. KELLER) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

officers of the Department of Homeland Security should 

not undermine the efforts of citizen groups such as the 

Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of the borders of the United States and protect the Nation from 

intrusion. 


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Whereas a primary duty of the Federal Government is to secure the homeland and ensure the safety of citizens and 

lawful residents of the United States; 

Whereas the porous nature of the Nation’s borders is a 

threat to national security and allows for a massive influx 

of illegal aliens on a daily basis; 

Whereas if it is possible for illegal aliens to enter and remain 

in the United States with impunity, it is also possible for 

terrorists to enter and remain in the United States while 

planning, rehearsing, and carrying out terrorist attacks; 

Whereas the failure to control and prevent illegal immigration 

into the United States increases the likelihood that terrorists will succeed in launching catastrophic attacks on 

United States soil; 

Whereas news outlets reported that officials of the Customs 

and Border Protection division of the Department of 

Homeland Security alerted Mexican officials as to the location of individuals who participate in the Minuteman 

Project while such individuals were conducting surveillance on the southern border of the United States; 

Whereas some officials of the Department of Homeland Security have stated that the action taken to alert Mexican 

officials as to the location of such individuals was not an 

authorized course of action; and 

Whereas individuals participating in the Minuteman Project 

are performing a valuable function by helping the Border 

Patrol of the Customs and Border Protection division of 

the Department of Homeland Security conduct surveillance on the southern border of the United States in an 

effort to serve and protect the Nation by securing the 

borders: Now, therefore be it 


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1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that officers of the Department of Homeland 

3 Security— 

4 (1) should not undermine the efforts of citizen 

5 groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve 

6 the integrity of the borders of the United States and 

7 protect the Nation from intrusion; and 

8 (2) should not contact Mexican officials about 

9 the location of individuals who participate in such 

10 citizen groups while such individuals are conducting 

11 surveillance on the southern border of the United 

12 States. 

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