IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 909 
Recognizing that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are inseparable 
and must be pursued together. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2025 
Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. SIMON, Ms. 
TLAIB, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. THANEDAR, 
Mr. CARSON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ROSS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. JA-
COBS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. RANDALL, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARCI´A 
of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. BALINT, 
Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. STANSBURY, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Mrs. BEATTY) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Secu-
rity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing that immigrant justice and reproductive justice 
are inseparable and must be pursued together. 
Whereas reproductive justice is defined as the human right 
to maintain personal bodily autonomy, to control one’s 
own sexuality, gender, and reproduction, and to raise 
families in safe and healthy environments; 
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Whereas immigrant justice demands the dismantling of sys-
tems that criminalize migration, tear apart families, and 
deny immigrants access to health care and full 
personhood; 
Whereas immigrant justice demands legal pathways to citi-
zenship, labor protections, and community safety; 
Whereas both immigrant and reproductive justice are rooted 
in a shared struggle against the structural systems of 
racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, 
and economic oppression that police bodies and restrict 
bodily autonomy; 
Whereas discrimination based on immigration status, race, 
sexuality, gender identity, and economic class intersect to 
determine an individual’s access to reproductive health 
care or exercise of bodily autonomy without fear of deten-
tion, deportation, or violence; 
Whereas millions of immigrants are denied access to basic 
rights, including health care, housing, and protection 
from exploitation, undermining their ability to make au-
tonomous reproductive decisions; 
Whereas immigrants are frequently denied reproductive 
health care, including abortion, contraception, prenatal, 
maternal, postpartum, and mental health care; 
Whereas all individuals have the right to humane, comprehen-
sive, timely, equitable reproductive care irrespective of an 
individual’s immigration status while in Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) custody or in interactions 
with other law enforcement, including access to prenatal, 
postpartum, mental health, and family planning care; 
Whereas numerous reports and investigations have identified 
systemic failures of DHS, including by U.S. Immigration 
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and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP), to provide timely, appropriate 
reproductive health care to detained individuals and preg-
nant individuals; 
Whereas pregnant minors are often limited in their reproduc-
tive health care choices when they are placed in the cus-
tody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, and in 2020, 
more than half of ORR-funded shelters serving children 
were located in States with restrictive abortion policies; 
Whereas, from 2016 to 2018, over 4,000 pregnant individuals 
were detained and subjected to inadequate medical care 
where facilities ranged in compliance with pregnancy care 
standards; 
Whereas reports have exposed egregious abuses, including 
forced hysterectomies, denial of abortion, and medical ne-
glect of individuals in detention; 
Whereas recent cases, such as the tragic loss of Iris Dayana 
Monterroso-Lemus’ pregnancy while detained under ICE 
custody, illustrate the severe consequences of DHS’s ne-
glect and failure to provide appropriate medical care; 
Whereas CBP’s May 2025 revocation of protective policies 
for pregnant individuals and infants further endangers 
the health and dignity of detained individuals by remov-
ing previously established minimum standards of care; 
Whereas, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to des-
ignate pregnant individuals as a protected class, these 
protections have since been reversed or weakened, leaving 
pregnant individuals vulnerable to detention and inad-
equate care; 
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Whereas DHS’s current policies lack standardization and 
transparency, and have led to mental health harm and 
trauma among detained immigrants and their families; 
Whereas the denial of health care, the separation of families, 
and surveillance tools utilized for immigration enforce-
ment deter individuals from seeking the care they need, 
thereby assaulting their reproductive freedom, parenting 
rights, and community well-being; and 
Whereas reproductive justice cannot exist without immigrant 
justice: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) affirms that reproductive justice and immi-
grant justice are inseparable and intersectional, and 
must be pursued together through policies centered 
on lived experiences; 
(2) affirms the role of Congress in conducting 
oversight regarding the treatment of those detained, 
particularly vulnerable populations, including preg-
nant individuals; 
(3) affirms the inherent dignity and humanity 
of all immigrants and denounces any policies that 
treat people as unworthy of adequate, timely health 
care or fundamental human rights due to immigra-
tion status; 
(4) condemns policies and practices such as im-
migration detention, coerced or denied reproductive 
health care (including sterilization, abortion, and 
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contraception), and denial of reproductive health 
care access, which represent forms of government 
control over immigrant bodies; 
(5) condemns policies that restrict or fully pro-
hibit access to health care coverage for immigrants; 
(6) calls on Congress to eliminate the 5-year 
bar and categorical exclusions on immigrant access 
to Federal health programs, including Medicaid, the 
Children’s Health Insurance Plan, and Affordable 
Care Act coverage; 
(7) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, including U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
to reinstate, permanently, the protective status of 
pregnant individuals; 
(8) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, including U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
to implement transparent oversight and account-
ability mechanisms that monitor reproductive health 
care quality across all detention facilities; 
(9) calls on the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, including the Office of Refugee Re-
settlement, to ensure unaccompanied immigrant 
youth can access the health care that they need, in-
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cluding abortion, without delay, no matter what 
State they are held in; 
(10) requests that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, assess and identify any and all barriers and 
delays in access to reproductive health care services 
for those under custody; 
(11) affirms the right to comprehensive repro-
ductive health care for all, regardless of immigration 
status, and promotes equitable, inclusive services for 
immigrant communities; and 
(12) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity to report to Congress all of its internal reports 
regarding individuals in detention. 
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