IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 777 
Recognizing Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa Martinez for their bravery and 
leadership in addressing anti-immigrant sentiments voiced by United 
States politicians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. VELA, Mr. HINOJOSA, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. GENE
GREEN
of Texas, Ms. JUDY
CHU
of California, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DOGGETT, and Mr. HONDA) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa Martinez for 
their bravery and leadership in addressing anti-immi-
grant sentiments voiced by United States politicians. 
Whereas children with an undocumented status, being in the 
United States through no fault of their own, often live in 
the shadows as a result of their hardworking parents’ dif-
ficult and life changing decision to seek a better life for 
their children; 
Whereas approximately 2,100,000 students in the United 
States have undocumented status and would have been 
eligible for the Federal DREAM Act; 
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Whereas approximately 1,000,000 undocumented children 
under the age of 18 call the United States home; 
Whereas 63 percent of United States citizens, nearly two- 
thirds of the Nation’s population, believe in a pathway to 
citizenship; 
Whereas bringing people out of the shadows has economic 
benefits to the Nation as a whole; 
Whereas the United States has always been a nation of immi-
grants and throughout the Nation’s history, immigrants 
and their children from around the globe have kept the 
workforce vibrant, businesses on the cutting edge, and 
helped build the greatest economic engine in the world; 
Whereas young people, in particular, provide inspiration in 
their pursuit of the American dream; 
Whereas, on June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity and President Barack Obama announced the De-
ferred Action for Childhood Arrival program which allows 
certain populations who arrived in the United States as 
children and meet several guidelines to request consider-
ation of deferred action for a period of 2 years, subject 
to renewal; 
Whereas the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) 
program allows individuals to apply for work authoriza-
tion and a social security number; 
Whereas since the DACA program was launched in 2012, 
over 713,000 young people have been reviewed and ap-
proved by Federal officials to receive temporary and re-
newable work permits and Social Security numbers so 
they can contribute to the country of which they feel 
most a part; 
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Whereas, on November 20, 2014, President Barack Obama 
announced the expansion of the successful 2012 DACA 
program and also included eligible parents of United 
States citizens and lawful permanent residents, providing 
temporary relief from deportation and employment au-
thorization for 3 years under the creation of the Deferred 
Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent 
Residents (DAPA) program; 
Whereas the Migration Policy Institute estimates that expan-
sion of the 2012 DACA program could make an addi-
tional 275,000 undocumented youths and young adults 
eligible for relief from removal proceedings and the op-
portunity to work and study in the United States; 
Whereas less than a mile away from the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives and U.S. Senate, the Supreme Court of the 
United States will issue a decision later this summer on 
United States v. Texas, which challenges President 
Barack Obama’s directive to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to use his prosecutorial discretion to provide 
temporary deportation relief to immigrants who have a 
strong record of established ties to the United States and 
instead focus agency resources on foreign nationals who 
have demonstrated that they are a tangible threat to the 
United States; 
Whereas the over 11,000,000 strong undocumented commu-
nity continues to call on Congress to provide a long-term 
solution to the Nation’s failed immigration policies; 
Whereas valedictorians are the highest academically ranked 
students in their high school’s graduating class; 
Whereas valedictorians have demonstrated consistency in 
their intellectual inquiry, academic discipline, determina-
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tion, and utilization of teacher mentoring throughout 
their high school career; 
Whereas the House of Representatives has not yet voted in 
the 114th Congress on legislation that upholds the Na-
tion’s basic principles to secure borders, protect workers, 
to uphold family unity, and provide an earned path to 
citizenship; 
Whereas in 2010, over 139 Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives supported the DREAM Act which would give 
students who were raised in the United States an oppor-
tunity to contribute to the Nation’s well-being by serving 
in the United States Armed Forces or pursuing a higher 
education; 
Whereas all persons deserve equal respect and treatment no 
matter their age, race, religion, sexual orientation, or im-
migration status; and 
Whereas the United States legacy and proud reputation as a 
nation of immigrants will be threatened if Congress con-
tinues to shirk its responsibility to address the Nation’s 
broken immigration system that tears apart families, re-
duces economic productivity, and forces outstanding stu-
dents with a genuine desire to better their lives and em-
power their families through education to be caught in 
the crossfire of Congress’ continued inaction on one of 
the most pressing issues affecting the future of the 
United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes Mayte Lara Ibarra, and Larissa 
Martinez for their bravery and leadership in ad-
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dressing anti-immigrant sentiments voiced by United 
States politicians; 
(2) recognizes that young beneficiaries of the 
DACA program have provided inspiration in their 
pursuit of the American dream; 
(3) commends their efforts to bring light to the 
thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the 
shadows, promoting comprehensive immigration re-
form, and demonstrating that their belief and com-
mitment to the American Dream will continue to in-
spire other hardworking undocumented students to 
pursue their goals relentlessly despite the challenges 
Congress’ failure to bring comprehensive immigra-
tion for a vote presents in their daily lives; and 
(4) honors and recognizes the many undocu-
mented valedictorians and graduating seniors of the 
class of 2016 for their academic achievements. 
Æ 
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