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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 253 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Vice President 

Kamala Harris should be removed from her position as the head of 

the Biden administration’s strategy to address the root causes of migration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2023 

Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, Mr. MEUSER, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, 

and Foreign Affairs, 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 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

Vice President Kamala Harris should be removed from 

her position as the head of the Biden administration’s 

strategy to address the root causes of migration. 

Whereas, on March 24, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris 

was named ‘‘Border Czar’’ in charge of leading efforts to 

stem migration across the United States-Mexico border; 

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forts to stem migration across the United States-Mexico 

border; 

Whereas border security is national security and the ongoing 

influx of migrants poses a significant threat to the public 

health and safety of our communities; 

Whereas, under the Biden administration, a historic number 

of illegal immigrants, violent criminals, and deadly drugs 

have flooded into our communities through the southern 

border; 

Whereas over 4,500,000 migrants have illegally crossed our 

southern border since January 2021; 

Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over 

14,700 pounds of illicit fentanyl in fiscal year 2022, 

enough to kill over 3,000,000,000 people; 

Whereas, in the first 5 months of fiscal year 2023, 69 people 

whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were encountered at the southern border, totaling more than fiscal years 2017 through 2021 combined; 

Whereas the Biden administration has allowed for mass migration to the United States by allowing politics to cloud 

its judgment when assessing policies; 

Whereas our southern border is less safe now than it ever has 

been; and 

Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection is overwhelmed 

and lacks resources needed due to Vice President Harris’s refusal to address the issues: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 

2 the Biden administration to— 


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1 (1) remove Vice President Kamala Harris as 

2 the head of any executive branch task force or strat3 egy relating to immigration; 

4 (2) appoint an experienced and competent lead5 er to replace Vice President Kamala Harris as the 

6 head of the Biden administration’s strategy to ad7 dress the root causes of migration; 

8 (3) recognize that border security is national se9 curity; 

10 (4) immediately provide U.S. Customs and Bor11 der Protection with the adequate support and re12 sources to do their job effectively and adequately; 

13 (5) immediately reinistate the Migrant Protec14 tion Protocols; 

15 (6) take action to protect American commu16 nities from fentanyl; and 

17 (7) stop allowing politics in Washington to 

18 cloud their judgment regarding policies implemented 

19 at the southern border. 

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