IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 597 
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for endangering 
the security of the United States and countering the will of Congress 
and other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 23, 2021 
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
GOSAR) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, 
for endangering the security of the United States and 
countering the will of Congress and other high crimes 
and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, President of 
the United States, is impeached for endangering the secu-
rity of the United States and countering the will of Con-
gress and other high crimes and misdemeanors, and that 
the following Articles of Impeachment be exhibited to the 
United States Senate: 
Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
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sufficient manpower and resources needed to secure the 
border and its physical infrastructure, empowered foreign 
terrorists and their allies by leaving thousands of dollars 
of military equipment and weapons behind in the failed 
withdraw from Afghanistan, and committed numerous 
other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
ARTICLE I 
Among other examples, it has been materially dem-
onstrated that: 
(1) President Biden’s Department of Homeland 
Security has willfully refused to maintain operational 
control of the border as required by the Secure 
Fence Act of 2006. His actions have directly led to 
an increase in illegal aliens and illegal narcotics, in-
cluding deadly fentanyl, entering the United States. 
(2) President Biden’s administration willfully 
violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by re-
leasing illegal aliens into the interior of the United 
States. The Act clearly requires DHS to detain 
aliens seeking admission to the United States while 
they are processed. By law, DHS does not have the 
option to simply release aliens into the interior of 
the United States. 
(3) President Biden reinstituted the catch and 
release policies of the Obama administration and has 
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released aliens into the interior of the United States 
without issuing the aliens notices to appear. 
(4) Under President Biden’s administration, 
the Department of Homeland Security terminated 
the Migrant Protection Protocols, which provided a 
pathway to process claims in compliance with the 
law, and served as a deterrent to illegal immigration 
and aliens making fraudulent asylum claims. 
(5) As a result of President Biden’s policies, 
CBP encounters have increased each month since he 
became President. Since February 2021, more than 
1 million aliens have been encountered by CBP per-
sonnel at the southwest land border. 
(6) In addition to illegal aliens, President 
Biden’s policies have led to a significant increase in 
illegal drug smuggling across the southern border. 
President Biden’s actions have made the border less 
secure and encouraged aliens to enter the United States 
illegally instead of taking actions to maintain operational 
control of the border. His actions have subverted the will 
of Congress and the core tenets of the Constitution. 
Article II of the U.S. Constitution tasks the executive 
branch—which today includes the Department of Home-
land Security—with ensuring the laws passed by Congress 
and signed into law by the President are faithfully exe-
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cuted. Under President Biden’s administration, the De-
partment of Homeland Security has willfully violated the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. His actions have endan-
gered Americans, subverted the will of Congress, and vio-
lated the very rule of law. 
ARTICLE II 
Joseph Biden, in his conduct as President of the 
United States, enacted border policies that endangered the 
people of the United States by allowing illegal aliens who 
had tested positive for COVID–19 to enter the country 
and infect American citizens. 
On March 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) issued an order, pursuant to 42 
U.S.C. §§ 265 and 268, suspending the right to introduce 
certain persons into the United States from countries 
where a quarantinable communicable disease exists. This 
order has been extended multiple times since it was first 
issued, most recently on August 2, 2021. According to the 
CDC, this order is necessary ‘‘to protect the public health 
from an increase in the serious danger of the introduction 
of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) into the POEs, 
and the Border Patrol stations between POEs, at or near 
the United States borders with Canada and Mexico.’’. 
The law requires Border Patrol agents and other 
CBP officers to enforce the order. Despite this require-
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ment, President Biden’s administration has refused to 
faithfully implement this order as evidenced by the in-
creasing number of aliens processed by CBP under Title 
8 instead of expelled pursuant Title 42. According to CBP 
data from February 2021, approximately 26 percent of 
aliens encountered by the Border Patrol were processed 
pursuant to Title 8 instead of Title 42, and in June 2021, 
nearly 42 percent of aliens encountered by Border Patrol 
were processed pursuant to Title 8. 
If DHS is unable to expel aliens pursuant to Title 
42, it should not release aliens into the interior of the 
United States where they can spread COVID–19. How-
ever, instead of detaining aliens as required by law, under 
President Biden’s leadership DHS has released and trans-
ported hundreds of thousands of aliens into the interior 
of the United States without properly screening the aliens 
for COVID–19 to ensure that the aliens would not spread 
COVID–19. These actions have subjected the American 
people to unnecessary and avoidable risks. 
President Biden clearly violated his duties as Presi-
dent in failing to enforce our Nation’s immigration laws. 
He has violated his constitutional oath of office by failing 
to enforce laws enacted by Congress and by usurping Con-
gress’ spending authority. Biden’s dereliction of duty has 
endangered America and the very laws that govern her. 
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ARTICLE III 
President Biden has gravely endangered the security 
of the United States, the health and safety of the Amer-
ican people, and its institutions of government. 
President Biden has created a national security crisis 
and is endangering the lives of everyday Americans with 
his open borders policies. 
Moreover, by carelessly withdrawing the American 
military from Afghanistan and leaving billions of dollars 
of military assets in the hands of terrorists to be used 
against us, causing an unknown amount of death and suf-
fering, leaving thousands of Americans stranded in Af-
ghanistan risking their lives under radical Islamic Taliban 
rule, rapidly bringing in Afghan refugees before vetting 
them to the interior of the United States, President Biden 
has empowered the Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Mus-
lim Brotherhood, among others, to threaten America, 
American citizens, and her security interests. 
Further, given that there are only 19,000 Customs 
and Border Patrol (CBP) agents to watch the entire coun-
try, the executive repeal of the ‘‘Remain in Mexico’’ policy, 
failing to complete the Southern border wall, repair gates 
stuck open or shut, and canceling contracts with critical 
technology companies providing critical video surveillance, 
and paying over $2 billion in American’s tax dollars to 
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