IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 510 
Recognizing the month of June as ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’, a celebration 
of the accomplishments and contributions immigrants and their children 
have made in making the United States a healthier, safer, more diverse, 
prosperous country, and acknowledging the importance of immigrants 
and their children to the future successes of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2021 
Mr. TORRES of New York (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the month of June as ‘‘Immigrant Heritage 
Month’’, a celebration of the accomplishments and con-
tributions immigrants and their children have made in 
making the United States a healthier, safer, more di-
verse, prosperous country, and acknowledging the impor-
tance of immigrants and their children to the future 
successes of the United States. 
Whereas the United States is stronger when all individuals 
have the opportunity to live up to their full potential; 
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Whereas about 15 percent of health care workers in the 
United States are immigrants, including (in order of 
highest percentage of health care workers who are foreign 
born)— 
(1) 29 percent of physicians; 
(2) 25 percent of nursing, psychiatric, and home 
health aides; 
(3) 24 percent of dentists; 
(4) 20 percent of pharmacists; 
(5) 19 percent of dental assistants; 
(6) 15 percent of medical assistants; 
(7) 15 percent of registered nurses; 
(8) 15 percent of licensed practical and licensed vo-
cational nurses; 
(9) 12 percent of dieticians and nutritionists; and 
(10) 12 percent of optometrists; 
Whereas immigrants working in a health care occupation 
range from those granted temporary protected status 
under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) or deferred action pursuant to the 
memorandum of the Department of Homeland Security 
entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Re-
spect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as 
Child’’ issued on June 15, 2012, (referred to in this pre-
amble as ‘‘DACA’’) to naturalized United States citizens; 
Whereas more than 12 percent of such immigrants (310,000 
individuals) are humanitarian migrants, including refu-
gees, asylees, special immigrant visa holders, and Cuban 
and Haitian entrants; 
Whereas 50,000 DACA recipients perform critical roles in the 
health care industry; 
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Whereas immigrants working in health care professions serve 
throughout the United States, and often in rural or un-
derserved communities; 
Whereas the medical students, residents, and physicians who 
rely on DACA for their ability to practice medicine pro-
vide medical care to approximately 4,600 patients a year; 
Whereas immigrants have filled approximately 1⁄3 of physi-
cian roles in the United States each year for the 10 years 
prior to 2021; 
Whereas the Association of American Medical Colleges at-
tested to the Supreme Court that the health care system 
of the United States relies on immigrant health care pro-
viders; 
Whereas, in response to COVID–19, immigrants are putting 
their own lives on the line to save lives every day, work-
ing as diagnostic and treatment practitioners, physicians 
assistants, nurses, health aides, nursing assistants and 
orderlies, health care support workers, medical students 
and residents, and health technologists and technicians; 
Whereas more than 5,200,000 undocumented immigrants, in-
cluding more than 1⁄2 of all DACA recipients (400,000 
individuals) and the majority of Temporary Protected 
Status holders (more than 220,000 individuals) are con-
sidered essential critical infrastructure workers; 
Whereas immigrant essential workers, including first-re-
sponders, health care workers, agricultural workers and 
meat packers, child care providers, and hospitality and 
transportation workers, have heroically helped provide 
medical care, food, shelter, and comfort to the people of 
the United States impacted by COVID–19; 
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Whereas undocumented immigrants alone contribute an esti-
mated $228,000,000,000 of spending power annually to 
the United States economy, after the payment of 
$49,000,000,000 of combined Federal, State, and local 
taxes each year; 
Whereas the majority of farm workers in the United States 
are immigrants, and regardless of politics, have been 
deemed ‘‘essential workers’’ in order to maintain a safe 
food supply for the United States during the COVID–19 
pandemic; 
Whereas immigrants have served in the Armed Forces since 
the founding of the United States, and have fought in 
every major conflict in the history of the United States, 
including the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and con-
flicts in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq; 
Whereas immigrants have put their lives on the line to pro-
tect the ideals of the United States and democracy, as 
well as lives of the people of the United States, by serv-
ing as translators and interpreters for the Armed Forces, 
and performing sensitive and trusted activities for United 
States military personnel stationed with the International 
Security Assistance Force; 
Whereas immigrants who serve in emerging industries with 
pronounced labor shortages in the United States, such as 
artificial intelligence, that rely on science, technology, en-
gineering, and mathematics (referred to in this preamble 
as ‘‘STEM’’) skills, not only bolster the economy but also 
enhance national security and global leadership; 
Whereas when immigrants have a trusting relationship with 
local law enforcement, they have reported crime and have 
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worked with police on neighborhood crime reduction 
strategies; 
Whereas more immigrants reside in the United States than 
any other country in the world and represent almost 
every country in the world, contributing to the rich diver-
sity in the United States of people, cultures, cuisine, lit-
erature, art, language, academia, music, media, fashion, 
and customs; 
Whereas the United States is more diverse than ever before 
in its history, with greater shares of immigrants from 
countries such as India, China (including those born in 
Hong Kong and Macao, but not Taiwan), the Philippines, 
El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, 
South Korea, and Guatemala, and an increase of 79 per-
cent since 2000 of Black immigrants from across the Af-
rican continent, the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Haiti; 
Whereas Black immigrants and their children make up 
roughly 1⁄5 of the overall Black population in the United 
States (18 percent); 
Whereas, in response to recent civil unrest in the United 
States, immigrants of all backgrounds have pledged their 
support to fight racial injustice, hand-in-hand with Black 
immigrants, to fight for accountability from law enforce-
ment and the criminal justice system and to demand that 
law enforcement protect people, regardless of their skin 
color; 
Whereas celebrating the racial, ethnic, linguistic, and reli-
gious differences of immigrants has resulted in a unified, 
patriotic, and prosperous United States; 
Whereas immigration has long been one of the greatest com-
petitive advantages of the United States; 
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Whereas immigrants of all skill levels have helped make the 
economy of the United States the strongest in the world, 
complementing existing businesses in the United States 
in times of need and founding successful businesses of 
their own; 
Whereas, although only accounting for 13.7 percent (nearly 
45,000,000 people) of the total population of the United 
States, more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies 
were founded by immigrants or their children, which has 
created $4,200,000,000,000 in annual revenue and em-
ploy millions of people of the United States; 
Whereas 64.5 percent of immigrants aged 16 and older were 
employed, as opposed to 60.0 percent of native-born peo-
ple of the United States; 
Whereas immigrants are entrepreneurial, self-starters who 
create their own opportunity and employment opportuni-
ties for others, with 11.8 percent of employed immigrants 
being self-employed compared to 8.9 percent of employed, 
native-born people of the United States; 
Whereas immigrant-owned businesses provide jobs across the 
United States, creating more jobs through entrepre-
neurial activity than they fill; 
Whereas immigrants are more likely to have advanced de-
grees than native-born people of the United States; 
Whereas the high-skilled immigration system of the United 
States has not been updated in more than 25 years and 
is now outdated and overburdened, putting global leader-
ship of the United States at risk; 
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-
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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 of the United 
States, keeping the people of the United States healthy; 
Whereas, in just 20 years, meaningful immigration policy re-
form could reduce the Federal deficit by approximately 
$1,000,000,000,000, contributing to greater economic 
stability and safety; 
Whereas, over the course of the next decade, immigration pol-
icy reform would result in the creation of 3,230,000 new 
jobs, keeping the United States more economically sound; 
Whereas if individuals with DACA status, alone, were pro-
vided a pathway to citizenship, they would contribute ap-
proximately $799,000,000,000 to the economy of the 
United States over 10 years; 
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.); and 
Whereas continued integration of immigrants from around 
the world that encourages and facilitates a pathway to 
citizenship, economic and social mobility, and civic en-
gagement, will perpetuate the prosperity of the United 
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