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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 50 

Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution 

explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion 

and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’ 

posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal 

actors who have seized control of our southern border. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 20, 2023 

Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, 

Mr. BURGESS, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States 

Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’ 

posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists 

and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border. 

Whereas the Preamble to the United States Constitution outlines the chief responsibility of the Federal Government 

is to ‘‘insure domestic tranquility’’ and ‘‘provide for the 

common defense’’; 


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Whereas article IV, section 4 of the United States Constitution clearly states ‘‘The United States shall guarantee to 

every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion’’; 

Whereas President Biden has continuously failed to uphold 

his oath and fulfill his constitutional duty to ‘‘faithfully 

execute’’ the laws of the land; 

Whereas, since President Biden took office, we have seen recordbreaking apprehensions at the southern border; 

Whereas monthly apprehensions have exceeded 200,000 for 

numerous months and continue to increase month over 

month, eclipsing all-time records for apprehensions at the 

southern border; 

Whereas border States spend hundreds of millions of dollars 

annually on the provision of healthcare, housing, education, and other services for illegal aliens; 

Whereas those being apprehended have come from over 160 

nations, including many individuals on the terrorist 

watch list; 

Whereas thousands of criminal offenses have been committed 

by illegal immigrants, including assault, homicide, illegal 

drug and contraband possession, trafficking, and sexual 

offenses; 

Whereas criminal offenses committed by illegal immigrants 

have increased one hundred plus percent year over year; 

Whereas arrests of illegal immigrants convicted of sex offenses has increased one thousand plus percent year over 

year according to Customs and Border Protection; 


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Whereas authorities have seized thousands of pounds of 

fentanyl—enough to kill every American multiple times 

over; 

Whereas the United States has a drug epidemic whereby tens 

of thousands of Americans die every year and a little less 

than 100 percent of drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine, are smuggled across 

the southern border; 

Whereas migrant women and children, who represent an increasing number of crossings and face a high risk of sexual assault and trafficking, are abused, raped, tortured, 

enslaved and trafficked as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure our southern Border; 

Whereas attempted crossings by, and apprehensions of, illegal 

immigrant criminals on the FBI’s terror watchlist have 

increased exponentially year over year, and even more illegal immigrant criminals and terrorists may have slipped 

across the border without detection—the ‘‘gotaways’’; 

Whereas cartels act as paramilitary, narco-terrorist organizations that profit from trafficking people and drugs across 

the southern border into the United States; 

Whereas Customs and Border Protection agents have confirmed that cartels facilitate and profit from virtually 

every illegal border crossing; 

Whereas the Biden administration has repeatedly removed effective measures that have reduced illegal immigration 

and secured the border, including Migrant Protection 

Protocols policy, remain in Mexico, a halt on border wall 

construction, a reinstatement of ‘‘catch and release’’, a 

weakening of asylum requirements, and countless other 


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policy decisions that encourage a disregard for our laws 

and sovereignty and embolden cartels; 

Whereas States along our southern border—Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California—are forced to spend billions 

of their own taxpayer dollars to address and combat the 

devastation resulting from an unsecured southern border; 

Whereas State and local law enforcement entities are overwhelmed by dangerous criminal activities associated with 

illegal border crossings, putting officers and their communities in danger while draining local resources; and 

Whereas the quality of life and security of communities in 

border States, along with every other State in the U.S., 

are being threatened, including ranchers suffering from 

stolen and damaged property, healthcare providers with 

strained capacity, and educators struggling to absorb the 

high volume of migrant children in classrooms: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) declares and finds as a matter of fact any 

3 State within the United States has the sovereign 

4 right to exclude from the sovereign’s territory any 

5 person who does not have the right to be there; 

6 (2) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 

7 States at our southern border, including Texas, New 

8 Mexico, Arizona, and California, are being invaded 

9 or are in such imminent danger from paramilitary, 

10 narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors 

11 as will not admit delay as stated in article I, section 


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1 10 of the United States Constitution and those 

2 States have the sovereign and unilateral authority 

3 pursuant to article I, section 10 of the United States 

4 Constitution to defend themselves against the inva5 sion or imminent danger by paramilitary, narco-ter6 rorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors; 

7 (3) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 

8 United States has failed to protect the aforemen9 tioned States at our southern border against inva10 sion pursuant to article IV, section 4 of the United 

11 States Constitution or to ‘‘ensure domestic tran12 quility’’, ‘‘provide for the common defense’’, and 

13 ‘‘execute the laws’’ of the United States; and 

14 (4) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 

15 Biden administration has failed to faithfully execute 

16 the laws of the United States and to defend and pro17 tect the aforementioned States on the southern bor18 der against invasion or imminent danger. 

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