IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 692 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding actions the 

President should take to secure the borders of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2014 

Mr. FLEMING submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 

Services, 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 regarding actions the President should take to secure the borders of the United States. 

Whereas on June 17, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton issued a memo directing 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to 

cease enforcing immigration laws except in certain narrowly proscribed circumstances, so that the vast majority 

of illegal aliens would not be subject to deportation; 

Whereas on June 15, 2012, the President announced that the 

Secretary of Homeland Security would no longer be enforcing immigration laws against certain people who 


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came to this country as children, through the Deferred 

Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) directive; 

Whereas, according to Customs and Border Patrol statistics, 

between fiscal years 2009 and 2011, the number of minors from Central America being apprehended at the 

southwest border for illegal crossing was between 3,300– 

4,500 per year; 

Whereas in fiscal year 2012, the number of minors from Central America began increasing, from over 10,000 in 2012, 

to over 20,000 in 2013, to 44,000 through June 30 of 

2014; 

Whereas President Obama has stated that he is constrained 

by section 235 of Public Law 110–457, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

Act of 2008; 

Whereas Senator Dianne Feinstein of California was quoted 

in the New York Times on July 7, 2014, ‘‘That law already provides the administration with flexibility to accelerate the judicial process in times of crisis. The administration should use that flexibility to speed up the system 

while still treating these children humanely, with compassion and respect.’’; 

Whereas Senator Harry Reid of Nevada was quoted in the 

Washington Times on July 15, 2014, that ‘‘There’s leeway there that the executive branch of government 

doesn’t need new legislation.’’; 

Whereas the President has the authority to deploy the National Guard to secure the border from illegal crossers 

under title 32, section 502(f); 

Whereas the influx of minors illegally crossing at the southwest border was created by policies and statements of the 


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President of the United States and his Administration, 

which led families to hire criminal smuggling organizations to bring their children to enter the United States 

without authorization or visa, knowing they would be allowed to remain and seek legal status; and 

Whereas the President already possesses the tools to address 

this influx: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that the President should take the following 

3 actions: 

4 (1) Declare an end to the Deferred Action for 

5 Childhood Arrivals program implemented pursuant 

6 to the memorandum by the Secretary of Homeland 

7 Security issued on June 15, 2012. 

8 (2) Use the ‘‘exceptional circumstances’’ excep9 tion in section 235(b)(3) of the William Wilberforce 

10 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

11 of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(b)(3)) to keep apprehended 

12 illegal immigrants in the custody of the Department 

13 of Homeland Security in the border region; and cre14 ate an accelerated process to the maximum extent 

15 provided by law for their return to their home coun16 tries. 

17 (3) Deploy the National Guard to help secure 

18 the border. 

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