IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1525 
Calling for comprehensive legislation that addresses United States policies 
contributing to forced migration and displacement, promotes an immigra-
tion system that addresses the root causes of migration, reaffirms United 
States commitment to asylum, and provides a roadmap to citizenship 
for immigrants living in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2024 
Mr. CASAR (for himself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. CARSON, Ms. OCASIO- 
CORTEZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. PRESSLEY, 
Ms. NORTON, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. CHU, Mr. THANEDAR, and Ms. BUSH) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Fi-
nancial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for comprehensive legislation that addresses United 
States policies contributing to forced migration and dis-
placement, promotes an immigration system that ad-
dresses the root causes of migration, reaffirms United 
States commitment to asylum, and provides a roadmap 
to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States. 
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•HRES 1525 IH 
Whereas the majority of Americans are immigrants or de-
scendants of immigrants; 
Whereas there are an estimated 11,000,000 undocumented 
immigrants in the United States, the majority of whom 
have been in the United States for more than a decade, 
and they make immense contributions to the United 
States, have families in the United States, and need a 
roadmap to legal status; 
Whereas the United States has for decades pursued an immi-
gration policy centered on punitive enforcement and de-
terrence, which has failed to achieve its stated purpose of 
curbing immigration and has greatly exacerbated the hu-
manitarian struggles faced by people migrating; 
Whereas the United States has a long history of welcoming 
immigrants who choose to come to the United States and 
immigrants who are forced to come to the United States 
because of conditions in their home countries; 
Whereas the United States can continue to welcome immi-
grants while advancing policies that reduce forced dis-
placement and make it easier for people who do not want 
to migrate to stay in their home countries; 
Whereas there has been a global rise in forced migration and 
displacement; 
Whereas the continent of Africa has both a larger share and 
absolute number of forcibly displaced people than any 
other major region in the world, with the continent’s 
forcibly displaced population doubling since 2018; 
Whereas the Department of State identifies ‘‘addressing eco-
nomic insecurity and inequality’’ as the first pillar under 
its strategy to address the root causes of migration; 
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Whereas research has found that broad-based sectoral sanc-
tions disproportionately affect the civilian population and 
have contributed to increased rates of income inequality 
and poverty; 
Whereas former President Donald Trump imposed some of 
the harshest sanctions in United States history on Ven-
ezuela, and both tightened the United States embargo of 
and applied new sanctions on Cuba; 
Whereas sanctions and other punitive economic measures 
have contributed to an economic depression in Venezuela, 
a multidigit economic contraction in Cuba, and the larg-
est migratory outflows in the history of either country, 
with millions having left in recent years; 
Whereas the sanctions on both countries, and the 60-year 
embargo of Cuba, have failed to force either government 
out of power while contributing to the immiseration of 
people in both countries; 
Whereas addressing poverty, food insecurity, and inequality 
in developing countries requires making adequate invest-
ments in the region, prioritizing local communities when 
providing aid, implementing trade policies that advance 
the rights of workers, strengthening local agricultural 
sectors, and ensuring respect for indigenous peoples 
rights; 
Whereas investments in developing countries should focus on 
reducing the poverty rate, improving labor rights and in-
creasing wages for workers, mitigating and adapting to 
the effects of climate change, strengthening democratic 
institutions, combating corruption, improving human 
rights, boosting access to education, closing the digital di-
vide, empowering women and young people, and building 
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resilience to food insecurity in order to address the driv-
ers of migration; 
Whereas some United States-sponsored trade and investment 
agreements, particularly in Latin America, have benefited 
corporate profits at the expense of workers and the envi-
ronment, threatened the livelihoods and well-being of 
both United States and foreign workers, and catalyzed 
waves of immigration to the United States; 
Whereas congressional Democrats and labor unions forced 
changes to Trump’s initial United States-Mexico-Canada 
Agreement (USMCA) to include a facility-specific rapid 
response mechanism between the United States and Mex-
ico, designed to protect workers’ collective bargaining 
rights at worksites in North America, which has directly 
benefited tens of thousands of workers and reduced un-
fair labor practices by multinational corporations; 
Whereas investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions, 
found in most United States trade agreements, allow 
multinational corporations and wealthy foreign investors 
to sue governments in unaccountable corporate tribunals 
over democratically chosen economic, environmental, 
labor, and public health policies, including in Honduras, 
where United States company Honduras Pro´spera 
launched an ISDS claim for nearly $11,000,000, which 
amounts to nearly two-thirds of Honduras entire 2022 
national budget; 
Whereas debt distress and reduced investment in public serv-
ices in developing countries contribute significantly to 
forced migration and displacement; 
Whereas the United Nations (UN) reports that global public 
debt reached an all-time high of $92,000,000,000,000 in 
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2022, with devastating consequences for 3,300,000,000 
people living in developing countries compelled to spend 
more on debt-servicing payments than on crucial public 
goods like health, education, and climate change adapta-
tion and mitigation; 
Whereas the UN has called for a reform of the international 
financial architecture to ‘‘foster a more inclusive system 
that empowers developing countries to actively participate 
in the governance of the international financial system’’; 
Whereas the climate crisis is an existential threat and global 
challenge that is a primary driver of forced migration and 
displacement; 
Whereas climate change has exacerbated climate hazards and 
has amplified the risk of extreme weather disasters, re-
sulting in the number of climate related disasters tripling 
over the last 30 years, and threatens the existence of is-
land nations, including Kiribati, the Maldives, Marshall 
Islands, and Tuvalu; 
Whereas natural disasters including floods, hurricanes, and 
cyclones in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, 
Myanmar, the Bahamas, and Zimbabwe, droughts in 
India, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, and earthquakes in 
Haiti, Nepal, and Indonesia have fueled displacement and 
forced migration; 
Whereas the UN says low- and middle-income countries could 
need up to $4,000,000,000,000 of additional investment 
a year to address the effects of climate change; 
Whereas violence is a primary driver of forced migration; 
Whereas armed conflict, repressive governance, and lack of 
economic opportunity, especially for young people, are 
some of the top drivers of migration; 
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