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Whereas approximately 100,000 international students each 
year would hope to stay and work in the United States, 
if an immigration option were available to them; 
Whereas the immigration system of the United States has 
not been meaningfully updated in nearly 30 years and is 
now outdated and overburdened, turning away highly 
skilled workers and international student graduates and 
putting the global leadership of the United States at risk; 
Whereas allowing international student graduates interested 
in remaining in the United States to secure a permanent 
immigration status would expand the economy by 
$233,000,000,000 during the next decade and would help 
reduce STEM-related talent shortages by 25 percent; 
Whereas national security experts agree that it is essential 
for 
the 
United 
States 
to 
maintain 
its 
military 
exceptionalism by being the leader in advanced tech-
nologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber, quantum, 
robotics, directed energy, and hypersonic weapons, which 
are all STEM fields where immigrants fill dangerous 
labor shortages in the United States; 
Whereas due to population aging and longer life expectancy 
of the population in the United States requiring an in-
crease in health care workers, immigrants are expected to 
fill a crucial need in the future health care system of the 
United States essential to keeping the people of the 
United States healthy; 
Whereas if undocumented individuals who came to the United 
States as children (commonly referred to as ‘‘Dreamers’’) 
alone were provided a pathway to citizenship, they would 
contribute approximately $799,000,000,000 to the econ-
omy of the United States during the next 10 years; 
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Whereas future population growth in the United States will 
require increased immigration, and by increasing immi-
gration substantially, will keep the United States eco-
nomically competitive with China and other global econo-
mies, and reduce future fiscal imbalances for popular 
programs like programs under the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
Whereas significantly increasing annual immigration levels 
would double the size of the United States economy by 
2050, dramatically lower the ratio of working-age individ-
uals to senior-age individuals, and increase the average 
income for workers in the United States; 
Whereas President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., most recently hon-
ored the accomplishments, contributions, and sacrifices of 
immigrants by proclaiming June 2022 to be ‘‘Immigrant 
Heritage Month’’ and by asking all people of the United 
States to observe June 2022 with appropriate program-
ming and activities to remind individuals of the values of 
diversity, equity, and inclusion; and 
Whereas continued integration of immigrants from around 
the world in a manner that encourages and facilitates a 
pathway to citizenship, economic and social mobility, and 
civic engagement will perpetuate the prosperity of the 
United States and reinforce the patriotism all people of 
the United States feel for the United States, no matter 
the color of skin, country of origin, or religious back-
ground of the individual: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses support for the recognition of 
‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’ in honor of the con-
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tributions immigrants and their children have made 
to the United States throughout its history; 
(2) pledges to celebrate immigrant contributions 
to, and immigrant heritages in, each State; 
(3) welcomes immigrants presently in the 
United States and individuals seeking to immigrate 
to the United States to contribute to the health, 
safety, diversity, and prosperity of the United States 
by finding their place in the vibrant, multiethnic, 
and integrated society of the United States; 
(4) encourages the people of the United States 
to work with their immigrant neighbors and col-
leagues to advance the current and future well-being 
of the United States; and 
(5) commits to working with fellow Members of 
Congress, the executive agencies that administer im-
migration laws and policies, and the President to 
promote smart and just immigration policy for im-
migrants presently in the United States, their fami-
lies, and individuals seeking to immigrate to the 
United States in the future. 
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