IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 28 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President’s executive amnesty 
is illegal notwithstanding passage of H.R. 240, the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act of 2015. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2015 
Mr. MULVANEY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, 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 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President’s execu-
tive amnesty is illegal notwithstanding passage of H.R. 
240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropria-
tions Act of 2015. 
Whereas on February 27th, 2015, the Senate passed H.R. 
240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropria-
tions Act of 2015 with no provisions to address the Presi-
dent’s executive amnesty; 
Whereas on March 3rd, 2015, the House concurred in the 
Senate’s amendments by a vote of 257–167, despite op-
position to the President’s executive amnesty even by 
those who supported the funding measure; 
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Whereas on March 4th, 2015, this bill was signed by the 
President and became law; 
Whereas Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the 
United States gives Congress the power ‘‘to establish a 
uniform rule of naturalization,’’; 
Whereas only Congress has the constitutional authority to 
legislate which classes of aliens may be granted legal sta-
tus and work authorization; and 
Whereas the passage of H.R. 240 to fund the Department of 
Homeland Security and protect against ongoing terrorist 
threats could be misconstrued as the consent of Congress 
to the President’s illegal and unconstitutional executive 
amnesty: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress affirms that the actions taken 
by the President to implement executive amnesty exceed 
his constitutional authority, and thus are unlawful. As 
used in this resolution, executive amnesty includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The memoranda issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, on any 
of the following subjects: 
(A) Southern border and approaches cam-
paign. 
(B) Policies for the apprehension, deten-
tion, and removal of undocumented immigrants. 
(C) Secure Communities. 
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(D) Personnel reform for Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement officers. 
(E) Exercising prosecutorial discretion 
with respect to individuals who came to the 
United States as children and with respect to 
certain individuals who are the parents of citi-
zens or permanent residents. 
(F) Expansion of the Provisional Waiver 
Program. 
(G) Policies supporting high skilled busi-
nesses and workers. 
(H) Families of Armed Forces members 
and enlistees. 
(I) Directive to provide consistency regard-
ing advanced parole. 
(J) Policies to promote and increase access 
to citizenship. 
(2) The memoranda issued by the President on 
November 21, 2014, on any of the following sub-
jects: 
(A) Creating welcoming communities and 
fully integrating immigrants and refugees. 
(B) Modernizing and streamlining the im-
migrant visa system for the 21st century. 
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(3) Any substantially similar memorandum 
issued after November 21, 2014. 
(4) The memorandum issued by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012, and ef-
fective on August 15, 2012 (or any substantially 
similar policy changes issued or taken on or after 
January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other ac-
tion). 
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