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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 572 

Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission 

of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11, 2018 

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. 

CORNYN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. 

INHOFE, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. HELLER, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. ERNST, Mr. DAINES, Mr. LANKFORD, 

Mr. CRAPO, and Mr. LEE) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the 

important mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Whereas the national security interests of the United States 

are dependent on the brave men and women who enforce 

the immigration laws of the United States; 

Whereas abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘ICE’’) would 

eliminate the agency responsible for removing individuals 

who enter or remain in the United States illegally, resulting in open borders; 


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Whereas the call to abolish ICE is an insult to the heroic law 

enforcement officers of ICE who make sacrifices every 

day to secure the borders and laws of the United States 

and to protect the safety and security of United States 

citizens; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would allow dangerous criminal 

aliens, including violent and ruthless members of the 

MS–13 gang, to remain in communities in the United 

States; 

Whereas, during fiscal year 2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (referred to in this preamble as 

‘‘ERO’’) arrested more than 127,000 aliens with criminal 

convictions or charges; 

Whereas criminal aliens arrested by ICE ERO in fiscal year 

2017 were responsible for more than— 

(1) 76,000 dangerous drug offenses; 

(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 and prevents 

cross-border financial crimes, money laundering, bulk 

cash smuggling, commercial fraud, intellectual property 

theft, cybercrimes, and other criminal activities; 

Whereas ICE plays a key role in the worldwide fight against 

human trafficking and child sexual exploitation through 

the Blue Campaign, the Child Exploitation Investigations 

Unit, the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 


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(‘‘HERO’’) Child-Rescue Corps Program, and Homeland 

Security Investigations; 

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 

United States soil; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would result in more dangerous illegal drugs flowing into communities in the United States, 

causing more United States citizens to needlessly suffer; 

Whereas ICE plays a critical role in combatting the drug crisis facing the United States; 

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 approximately 2,370 pounds of fentanyl 

and 6,967 pounds of heroin in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas ICE logged nearly 630,000 investigative hours directed toward fentanyl in fiscal year 2017; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would allow those drugs to remain 

in communities in the United States, causing more devastation; 

Whereas abolishing ICE would eliminate 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 terrorists responsible 

for the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, exploited immigration rules to gain 

entry into the United States; 


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Whereas the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon 

the United States found that many of the hijackers involved in the attacks on September 11, 2001, committed 

visa violations; 

Whereas ICE identifies dangerous individuals before they 

enter the United States and locates them as they violate 

United States immigration laws; and 

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

each year to remain in the United States indefinitely: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses continued support for all officers 

3 and employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

4 Enforcement (referred to in this resolution as 

5 ‘‘ICE’’) who carry out the important mission of 

6 ICE; 

7 (2) denounces calls for the complete abolish8 ment of ICE; and 

9 (3) supports the efforts of officers and employ10 ees of the United States Armed Forces and Federal 

11 and State law enforcement agencies who bring law 

12 and order to the borders of the United States. 

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