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Whereas in fiscal year 2013, 92 percent of ‘‘credible fear’’ 
claims were approved on the merits; 
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security expects to 
apprehend more than 90,000 unaccompanied minors on 
the border this year, representing a 1,381 percent in-
crease since 2011; 
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security expects to 
apprehend more than 140,000 unaccompanied minors in 
2015, representing a 2,232 percent increase since 2011; 
Whereas the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), a highly re-
spected intelligence analysis center in support of field en-
forcement entities throughout the Southwest border re-
gion, was established in 1974 and contains representa-
tives from 24 agencies; 
Whereas the EPIC intelligence report from July 7, 2014, as-
sessed homicide trends in Central American countries 
and migrant interviews, suggesting violence is likely not 
the principal factor driving the increase in unlawful mi-
gration into the United States; 
Whereas the EPIC intelligence report from July 7, 2014, re-
veals that, in late May of 2014, the Border Patrol inter-
viewed unaccompanied minors and migrant families ap-
prehended in the Rio Grande Valley, and of the 230 total 
unlawful immigrants interviewed, 95 percent (219 indi-
viduals) cited the primary reason for migrating to the 
United States was the perception of United States immi-
gration laws granting free passes or permisos allowing 
them to stay; 
Whereas the EPIC intelligence report from July 7, 2014, re-
veals several United States media outlets have identified 
Central American newspapers that have enticed children 
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to travel to the United States, including Honduran and 
El Salvadoran press which have reportedly advertised the 
DACA policy, accommodations for detained unlawful im-
migrants, and the promise of reunification with family 
members in the United States; 
Whereas the House of Representatives is deeply concerned 
about the migrants, especially innocent children, who 
have been impacted by the President’s policies and, as a 
result, enticed to undertake such a dangerous and treach-
erous journey; 
Whereas the continuation of the President’s policies threatens 
a widening crisis, with an increasing number of migrants 
displaced and endangered thousands of miles from their 
support system and at an increased risk of many threats, 
including involvement in human trafficking; and 
Whereas the President currently has the necessary tools at 
his disposal to solve the humanitarian crisis at the border 
with existing funding from Congress: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) agrees with the President that there is an 
‘‘actual humanitarian crisis on the border that only 
underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our 
immigration system once and for all’’; 
(2) calls upon the President to use the re-
sources already at his disposal to gain certifiable 
operational control of the border; 
(3) calls upon the President to send a clear 
message that those who are seeking to enter the 
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United States illegally will be returned to their home 
countries; 
(4) calls upon the President to send a clear 
message that subjecting children to the perilous mi-
gration northward to our border will no longer be 
tolerated; 
(5) calls upon the President to cease using his 
prosecutorial discretion authority to shield unlawful 
immigrants from prosecution; 
(6) calls upon the President to cease releasing 
convicted criminal aliens from detention; 
(7) calls upon the President to crack down on 
fraudulent asylum claims; 
(8) calls upon the President to implement 
tougher standards for ‘‘credible fear’’ claims; 
(9) calls upon the President to restore agree-
ments with local law enforcement agencies to enforce 
immigration laws; 
(10) calls upon the President to give Border 
Patrol agents access to Federal lands where drug 
traffickers, human smugglers, and unlawful immi-
grants hide; 
(11) calls upon the President to employ diplo-
matic resources with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, 
and El Salvador to stop the border crisis; and 
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(12) stands ready to work with the President to 
make certain the preceding calls to action are real-
ized as expeditiously as possible. 
Æ 
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