I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2737 
To require the President to suspend the entry of aliens into the United 
States when the average number of ‘‘encounters’’ exceeds a certain num-
ber, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2023 
Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mrs. 
BOEBERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. BIGGS, Mrs. LESKO, 
Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. 
LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the President to suspend the entry of aliens 
into the United States when the average number of ‘‘en-
counters’’ exceeds a certain number, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Invasion 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Agency (in this Act, referred to as ‘‘CBP’’) ‘‘encoun-
tered’’ 251,978 illegal aliens at the Southwest bor-
der in December 2022, the highest monthly total 
ever recorded; this represented 10 consecutive 
months of over 200,000 illegal alien ‘‘encounters’’. 
(2) Since the creation of the Department of 
Homeland Security, the number of monthly ‘‘en-
counters’’ had never crossed the 200,000 threshold; 
the Biden administration is responsible for the 6th 
highest and 8 of the 10 highest months ever re-
corded. 
(3) While January 2023 ‘‘encounters’’ fell 
below 200,000, that number reached 156,274, a 
record high for the month of January. 
(4) February 2023 saw 154,998 ‘‘encounters’’ 
at the Southwest border, the 24th consecutive month 
that ‘‘encounters’’ exceeded 150,000. Nearly half of 
the February total stemmed from expulsions under 
title 42. 
(5) In fiscal year 2022, CBP ‘‘encountered’’ 
nearly 2,380,000 illegal aliens at the Southwest bor-
der 
(excluding 
a 
reported 
600,000 
known 
‘‘gotaways’’) and more than 2,700,000 nationwide. 
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CBP data indicates that from February 1, 2021, 
through February 28, 2023, nearly 4.85 million ille-
gal aliens have been ‘‘encountered’’ at the United 
States Southwest border. 
(6) In the first 5 months of fiscal year 2023, 
CBP has ‘‘encountered’’ 1,029,953 illegal aliens at 
the Southwest border, putting the Department of 
Homeland Security on pace to ‘‘encounter’’ nearly 
2,500,000 illegal aliens this fiscal year. 
(7) According to congressional testimony pro-
vided by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on 
March 15, 2023, the number of known ‘‘gotaways’’ 
since January 20, 2021, has exceeded 1,300,000, 
bringing the total number of aliens attempting to 
cross the Southwest border well in excess of 
6,000,000. 
(8) Six million is a greater population than the 
populations of 31 of the 50 States. It is more than 
the populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Rhode Island, Alaska, Vermont, Delaware, and the 
District of Columbia combined. 
(9) The ongoing border crisis has inflicted 
harrowing costs on the welfare of women and chil-
dren. The number of unaccompanied alien children 
‘‘encountered’’ by CBP at the Southwest border in 
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