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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 156 

Commending the officers and personnel of Federal, State, and local agencies 

deployed by air, ground, and marine, and as tactical border security, 

for their work during the crisis at the Southern border. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. JOHNSON, 

and Mr. HAWLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the officers and personnel of Federal, State, 

and local agencies deployed by air, ground, and marine, 

and as tactical border security, for their work during 

the crisis at the Southern border. 

Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred to in 

this preamble as ‘‘CBP’’) is charged with protecting the 

borders of the United States and facilitating travel and 

trade; 

Whereas President Biden promised a humane approach to 

immigration but the Biden Administration was woefully 

unprepared for a surge of migrants from Central America, including a record number of vulnerable, unaccompanied children unlawfully crossing the unsecured United 


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States-Mexico border (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘Southern border’’); 

Whereas the Southern border is experiencing a humanitarian 

crisis with unprecedented numbers of vulnerable individuals attempting to unlawfully enter the United States; 

Whereas, on March 13, 2021, the Department of Homeland 

Security directed the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency to support a government-wide response effort to 

address the surge of unlawful crossings at the Southern 

border; 

Whereas, in February 2021, 100,441 individuals were apprehended at the Southern border, which is a 28-percent increase from January 2021; 

Whereas a total of 458,088 individuals were encountered at 

the Southern border in fiscal year 2020, which is only 

61,130 encounters more than the number recorded in the 

first half of the current fiscal year; 

Whereas, in all of fiscal year 2020, 33,239 unaccompanied 

minors were encountered at the Southern border, which 

is only 3,510 encounters more than the number recorded 

in the first half of the current fiscal year; 

Whereas CBP has conducted more than 3,000 daily apprehensions, while still maintaining a posture to secure the 

border of the Nation and facilitate international trade 

and travel; 

Whereas the immigration policies of President Biden are— 

(1) luring hundreds of thousands of migrants to unlawfully cross the Southern border; 

(2) leading to an alarming increase in human trafficking and drug smuggling by cartels and transnational 

criminal organizations; and 


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(3) putting unaccompanied minors at risk of human 

trafficking, violence, sexual abuse, and separation from 

the families of the unaccompanied minors; 

Whereas numerous acts of selfless heroism by CBP agents 

occur on a daily basis, as the agents face dangerous conditions but continue to risk their lives during a global 

health pandemic to rescue migrants attempting to unlawfully enter the United States along the Southern border; 

Whereas the selfless heroism by CBP agents has been on full 

display as the crisis at the Southern border grows and 

thousands of aliens attempt to unlawfully enter the 

United States each day, including recently reported rescues— 

(1) in February 2021, of a migrant woman from 

Mexico abandoned by human smugglers and left to die in 

a freezing winter storm as they attempted to unlawfully 

enter Texas; 

(2) in March 2021, of a migrant man and a 2-yearold child swept away by a swift current in a canal as they 

attempted to unlawfully enter Arizona; 

(3) in March 2021, of a migrant man who was abandoned by human smugglers unlawfully entering California, remained missing for 8 days, and had to be carried out of the mountainous terrain on the shoulders of 

a CBP agent; and 

(4) in March 2021, of a migrant man in severe distress in a remote desert location who was abandoned by 

human smugglers attempting to unlawfully enter New 

Mexico and who required serious medical attention; 

Whereas faced with inadequate Federal resources to manage 

the surge of illegal border crossings, States along the 

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tion patrols, such as Arizona Border Strike Force and 

Operation Lone Star in Texas; and 

Whereas resources from Federal, State, and local agencies 

will need to be diverted from other areas to handle the 

surge of migrants unlawfully entering the United States: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes that there is an ongoing and 

3 growing crisis on our Southern border; and 

4 (2) commends the men and women of the U.S. 

5 Customs and Border Protection, including Border 

6 Patrol personnel, Office of Field Operations per7 sonnel, Air and Marine Operations personnel, Office 

8 of Trade personnel, the Federal Emergency Manage9 ment Agency, and all support personnel and allies of 

10 such agencies from State and local governments for 

11 the work of such men and women during the crisis 

12 at the Southern border. 

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