IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 675 
Supporting the Constitutional authority of the Governors of the States of 
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to take action to secure 
the international border of the United States within their States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2014 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GOHMERT, 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. DUNCAN of 
Tennessee, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of 
South Carolina, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. SMITH of 
Texas, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. YOHO) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the Constitutional authority of the Governors of 
the States of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California 
to take action to secure the international border of the 
United States within their States. 
Whereas the crisis on the Southwest international border of 
the United States is of such significance that it demands 
national attention and urgent action; 
Whereas the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Administration have enacted unconstitutional 
policies, such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv-
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als program and the Morton Memos, that have contrib-
uted significantly to a massive increase in illegal immi-
gration; 
Whereas the President has not secured the Southwest inter-
national border of the United States; 
Whereas the President has failed to fulfill his Constitutional 
obligation to protect each State against invasion in ac-
cordance with article IV, section 4 of the Constitution; 
Whereas States have specific authorities for self-defense 
under article I, section 10, clause 3 of the Constitution 
when ‘‘actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as 
will not admit of delay’’; 
Whereas, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
between October 1, 2013, and June 15, 2014, 52,193 un-
accompanied children were apprehended on the South-
west border; 
Whereas, according to a June 3, 2014, Homeland Security 
Intelligence report, only 0.1 percent of illegal alien, unac-
companied minor children from non-contiguous countries 
were removed from the United States during fiscal year 
2013; 
Whereas the Secretary of Homeland Security expects 90,000 
unaccompanied alien children to be interdicted by the 
U.S. Government while crossing the border in fiscal year 
2014; 
Whereas, according to the Department of Homeland Security, 
only 20 percent of all persons interdicted are and will be 
children; 
Whereas border security officials estimate the interdiction 
ratio is 25 percent of those attempting to cross the bor-
der; 
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Whereas according to border security official’s testimony be-
fore Congress, the likely number of illegal crossing at-
tempts is four times the number of those interdicted; 
Whereas the Southern border is not secure, and this border 
insecurity represents an immediate danger to every cit-
izen of the United States; and 
Whereas the Governor of a State is the commander-in-chief 
of the National Guard of that State: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes, supports, and defends the Con-
stitutional authority of the Governors of the States 
of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to 
deploy units of the National Guard under the juris-
diction of that Governor to secure the international 
border of the United States within that State; 
(2) urges the Governors of Texas, New Mexico, 
Arizona, and California to immediately deploy units 
of the National Guard forces under their jurisdiction 
to gain effective control of the southern border of 
the United States, to prevent anyone without legal 
immigration status from entering the United States, 
and to ensure for the people of their States and the 
United States a safe and free future; and 
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(3) commits to appropriating the necessary 
monies to effectively support any such deployment of 
units of National Guard. 
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