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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 299 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that immigration makes 

the United States stronger. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2019 

Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ESCOBAR, 

Mr. TRONE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. PORTER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HECK, Mr. CARBAJAL, 

Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. KIND, Mrs. TRAHAN, 

Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

COX of California, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. HILL of 

California, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. DEAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BROWNLEY of 

California, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CROW, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. LEE

of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 

Mr. ROUDA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. COOPER, Ms. 

HAALAND, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CASE, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. CRAIG, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. MENG, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 


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RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

immigration makes the United States stronger. 

Whereas President Reagan said that you can go to live in 

France, but you cannot become a Frenchman, or you can 

go to live in Germany, Turkey, or Japan, but you cannot 

become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese, but anyone, 

from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in the 

United States and become an American; 

Whereas the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes our freedom 

and represents our heritage, the compact with our parents, our grandparents, and our ancestors, and gives us 

our great and special place in the world; 

Whereas it is the great life force of each generation of new 

Americans that guarantees that the United States triumph shall continue unsurpassed into the coming century 

and beyond; 

Whereas other countries may seek to compete with us, but in 

one vital area—as a beacon of freedom and opportunity 

that draws the people of the world—no country on Earth 

comes close; 

Whereas this is one of the most important sources of the 

greatness of the United States—we lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our 

strength, from every country and every corner of the 

world, and by doing so we continuously renew and enrich 

our Nation; 

Whereas while other countries cling to the stale past, here in 

the United States we breathe life into dreams, we create 

the future and the world follows us into tomorrow; 


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Whereas thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of 

opportunity, we’re a Nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting 

edge, always leading the world to the next frontier; 

Whereas if we ever closed the door to new Americans, our 

leadership in the world would soon be lost; 

Whereas it is bold men and women, yearning for freedom and 

opportunity, who leave their homelands and come to a 

new country to start their lives over, believing in the 

American dream, and over and over making it come true 

for themselves, for their children, and for others; 

Whereas immigrants give more than they receive—they labor 

and succeed, often as entrepreneurs, but their greatest 

contribution is more than economic, because they understand in a special way how glorious it is to be an American; and 

Whereas they renew our pride and gratitude in the United 

States, the greatest, freest Nation in the world—the last, 

best hope of men and women on Earth: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Condemning White Su4 premacist Terrorism and the Anti-immigrant Rhetoric 

5 that Inspires It Resolution’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 That the House of Representatives— 

8 (1) believes that immigration makes the United 

9 States stronger; 


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1 (2) is committed to keeping the United States 

2 open to those lawfully seeking refuge and asylum 

3 from violence and oppression and a chance to live 

4 the American dream, no matter their race, faith, or 

5 country of origin; 

6 (3) recognizes that the Federal Government has 

7 a duty to secure our borders, and that patriotic 

8 Americans can disagree about the best way to do so, 

9 within the boundaries set by our Constitution, our 

10 laws, and our ideals as a Nation of immigrants; 

11 (4) rejects the hateful propaganda of White su12 premacist terrorists, including those who committed 

13 the massacres of Jewish people at Pittsburgh’s Tree 

14 of Life synagogue building and of Muslims in 

15 Christchurch, New Zealand, that immigrants to our 

16 country or to other countries are ‘‘invaders’’ or that 

17 they pose any intrinsic threat to society; 

18 (5) condemns political leaders who legitimize 

19 White supremacist ideology by echoing claims of an 

20 immigrant invasion, by falsely alleging that our fel21 low Americans who are immigrants and refugees 

22 commit more crimes or contribute less to our society 

23 than native born citizens, or by spreading conspiracy 

24 theories about the law enforcement and intelligence 

25 agencies seeking to protect every American; 


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1 (6) encourages the men and women of the Jus2 tice Department, including the Federal Bureau of 

3 Investigation, the Department of Homeland Secu4 rity, and State and local law enforcement agencies, 

5 to enhance their efforts so that the threat posed by 

6 domestic terrorism and extremist ideology is met 

7 with the same seriousness and resolve as the threat 

8 posed by terrorist groups based outside the United 

9 States; and 

10 (7) urges social media companies to take addi11 tional steps to remove extremist content from their 

12 platforms, and urges them to reevaluate how they 

13 deliver information, including algorithms that drive 

14 users towards sensational content and ideological ex15 tremes. 

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