H. Res. 990 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 18, 2018. 

Whereas the national security interests of the United States 

are dependent on the brave men and women who enforce 

our Nation’s immigration laws; 

Whereas abolishing United States Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE) would mean open borders because it 

would eliminate the main agency responsible for removing 

people who enter or remain in our country illegally; 

Whereas calls to abolish ICE are an insult to these heroic law 

enforcement officers who make sacrifices every day to secure our borders, enforce our laws, and protect our safety 

and security; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would allow dangerous criminal 

aliens, including violent and ruthless members of the 

MS–13 gang, to remain in American communities; 

Whereas during fiscal year 2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 127,000 

aliens with criminal convictions or charges; 

Whereas ICE ERO made 5,225 administrative arrests of suspected gang members in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas criminal aliens arrested by ICE ERO in fiscal year 

2017 were responsible for more than— 

(1) 76,000 dangerous drug offenses; 
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(2) 48,000 assault offenses; 

(3) 11,000 weapon offenses; 

(4) 5,000 sexual assault offenses; 

(5) 2,000 kidnapping offenses; and 

(6) 1,800 homicide offenses; 

Whereas ICE Homeland Security Investigations made 4,818 

gang-related arrests in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas ICE identified or rescued 904 sexually exploited 

children; 

Whereas ICE identified or rescued 518 victims of human 

trafficking; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would mean that countless illegal 

aliens who could pose a threat to public safety would be 

allowed to roam free instead of being removed from 

American soil; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would mean more dangerous illegal 

drugs flowing into our communities, causing more Americans to needlessly suffer; 

Whereas ICE plays a critical role in combatting the drug crisis facing our Nation; 

Whereas ICE seized more than 980,000 pounds of narcotics 

in fiscal year 2017, including thousands of pounds of the 

deadly drugs fueling the opioid crisis; 

Whereas ICE seized 2,370 pounds of fentanyl and 6,967 

pounds of heroin in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas ICE logged nearly 90,000 investigative hours directed toward fentanyl in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would leave these drugs in our communities to cause more devastation; 
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Whereas abolishing ICE would mean eliminating the agency 

that deports aliens that pose a terrorist threat to the 

United States; 

Whereas ICE was created in 2003 to better protect national 

security and public safety after the 9/11 terrorists exploited immigration laws to gain entry into the United 

States; 

Whereas the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 

found that many of the 9/11 hijackers committed visa 

violations; 

Whereas ICE identifies dangerous individuals before they 

enter our country and locates them as they violate our 

immigration laws; and 

Whereas abolishing ICE would enable the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who illegally overstay their visa 

each year to remain in the United States indefinitely: 

Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) expresses its continued support for all United 

States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of ICE; 

(2) denounces calls for the abolishment of ICE; and 
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(3) supports the efforts of all Federal agencies, 

State law enforcement, and military personnel who bring 

law and order to our Nation’s borders. 

Attest: 

Clerk.