IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 483 
Recognizing the month of June 2023 as ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’, a 
celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of immigrants and 
their children in making the United States a healthier, safer, more 
diverse, prosperous country, and acknowledging the importance of immi-
grants and their children to the future successes of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2023 
Mr. TORRES of New York (for himself, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. 
CARAVEO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. MENG, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
CHU, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. CARSON, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the month of June 2023 as ‘‘Immigrant Herit-
age Month’’, a celebration of the accomplishments and 
contributions of immigrants and their children in making 
the United States a healthier, safer, more diverse, pros-
perous country, and acknowledging the importance of 
immigrants and their children to the future successes 
of the United States. 
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Whereas the United States is stronger if all individuals have 
the opportunity to live up to their full potential; 
Whereas about 18 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) 27 percent of physicians; 
(2) 26 percent of dentists; 
(3) 20 percent of pharmacists; 
(4) 18 percent of dental assistants; 
(5) 15 percent of medical assistants; 
(6) 16 percent of registered nurses; 
(7) 15 percent of licensed practical and licensed vo-
cational nurses; 
(8) 13 percent of dietitians and nutritionists; and 
(9) 13 percent of optometrists; 
Whereas the Association of American Medical Colleges at-
tested to the Supreme Court of the United States that 
the health care system of the United States relies on im-
migrant health care providers in their current roles; 
Whereas immigrants working in health care professions serve 
throughout the United States and often in rural or un-
derserved communities; 
Whereas immigrants fill approximately 1⁄4 of physician roles 
in the United States; 
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 
final rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Se-
curity entitled ‘‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’’ 
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(87 Fed. Reg. 53152 (August 30, 2022)) (referred to in 
this preamble as ‘‘DACA’’), to naturalized United States 
citizens; 
Whereas more than 12 percent of the immigrants working in 
health care occupations (310,000 individuals) are human-
itarian migrants, including refugees, asylees, special im-
migrant visa holders, and parole entrants; 
Whereas 60,000 DACA recipients perform critical roles in the 
health care industry; 
Whereas medical students, residents, and physicians rely on 
DACA for their ability to practice medicine and provide 
medical care to approximately 4,600 patients per year; 
Whereas, in response to COVID–19, immigrants put their 
own lives on the line to save lives every day, working as 
diagnostic and treatment practitioners, physician assist-
ants, physicians, nurses, health aides, nursing assistants 
and orderlies, health care support workers, medical stu-
dents and residents, and health technologists and techni-
cians; 
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 individuals 
of the United States impacted by COVID–19; 
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Whereas undocumented immigrants alone contribute an esti-
mated $227,000,000,000 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’’ to maintaining a safe food 
supply for the United States during the COVID–19 pan-
demic; 
Whereas immigrants have served in the Armed Forces since 
the founding of the United States and have fought in 
every major conflict in United States history, including 
the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts 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 to protect the lives of the people of the United 
States, by serving as translators and interpreters for the 
Armed Forces, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, 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 agencies, immigrants report crime 
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and work with law enforcement agencies on neighborhood 
crime reduction strategies; 
Whereas the United States has the largest number of immi-
grants in the world and those immigrants represent al-
most every country in the world, contributing to the rich 
diversity of people, cultures, cuisine, literature, art, lan-
guage, academia, music, media, fashion, and customs; 
Whereas the United States is more diverse than ever before 
in its history, with greater shares than ever before of im-
migrants from India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the 
Philippines, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, the Dominican 
Republic, South Korea, and Guatemala, since 2000 and 
an increase of more than 90 percent of Black immigrants 
from across the African continent, the Caribbean, Ja-
maica, and Haiti; 
Whereas Black immigrants and their children make up 
roughly 1⁄5 of the overall Black population in the United 
States (21 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 all individuals, 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 more than 44 percent of Fortune 500 companies 
were founded by immigrants or their children, which gen-
erate $7,000,000,000,000 in annual revenue and employ 
millions of individuals in the United States; 
Whereas, although approximately 14 percent of the popu-
lation of the United States is immigrants, a considerably 
larger share of the labor force (18 percent) is immi-
grants; 
Whereas immigrants are entrepreneurial, self-starters who 
create their own opportunity and employment opportuni-
ties for others, with 13 percent of employed immigrants 
being self-employed compared to 9 percent of employed, 
native-born individuals of the United States; 
Whereas immigrant-owned businesses provide jobs across the 
United States, supporting the creation of additional jobs 
through entrepreneurial activity in addition to the jobs 
they fill within their business; 
Whereas immigrants are more likely to have advanced de-
grees than native-born people of the United States; 
Whereas more than 1,000,000 international students are en-
rolled in colleges and universities across the United 
States, comprising about 5 percent of the total higher 
education population and helping make the United States 
the global leader in higher education; 
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Whereas approximately 100,000 international students each 
year would hope to stay and work in the United States, 
if an immigration option were available to them; 
Whereas the immigration system of the United States has 
not been meaningfully updated in more than 30 years 
and is now outdated and overburdened, turning away 
highly skilled workers and international student grad-
uates and putting the global leadership of the United 
States at risk; 
Whereas allowing international student graduates interested 
in remaining in the United States to secure a permanent 
immigration status would expand the economy by 
$233,000,000,000 during the next decade and would help 
reduce STEM-related talent shortages by 25 percent; 
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-
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 system of the 
United States essential to keeping the people of the 
United States healthy; 
Whereas, if undocumented individuals who came to the 
United States as children (commonly referred to as 
‘‘Dreamers’’) alone were provided a pathway to citizen-
ship, 
they 
would 
contribute 
approximately 
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$799,000,000,000 to the economy of the United States 
during the next 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 pro-
grams like programs under the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
Whereas without immigration, the working-age population in 
the United States will not grow and increasing immigra-
tion will help alleviate labor shortages, easing inflation; 
Whereas significantly increasing annual immigration levels 
would double the size of the United States economy by 
2050, dramatically lower the ratio of working-age individ-
uals to senior-age individuals, and increase the average 
income for workers in the United States; 
Whereas President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., most recently hon-
ored the accomplishments, contributions, and sacrifices of 
immigrants by proclaiming June 2023 to be ‘‘Immigrant 
Heritage Month’’ and by asking all people of the United 
States to observe June 2023 with appropriate program-
ming and activities to remind individuals of the values of 
diversity, equity, and inclusion; and 
Whereas continued integration of immigrants from around 
the world in a manner that encourages and facilitates a 
pathway to citizenship, economic and social mobility, and 
civic engagement will perpetuate the prosperity of the 
United States and reinforce the patriotism all people of 
the United States feel for the United States, no matter 
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the color of skin, country of origin, or religious back-
ground of the individual: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’ in 
honor of the contributions immigrants and their chil-
dren have made to the United States throughout its 
history; 
(2) pledges to celebrate immigrant contributions 
to, and immigrant heritages in, each State; 
(3) welcomes immigrants presently in the 
United States and individuals seeking to immigrate 
to the United States to contribute to the health, 
safety, diversity, and prosperity of the United States 
by finding their place in the vibrant, multiethnic, 
and integrated society of the United States; 
(4) encourages the people of the United States 
to work with their immigrant neighbors and col-
leagues to advance the current and future well-being 
of the United States; and 
(5) commits to working with fellow Members of 
Congress, the executive agencies that administer im-
migration laws and policies, and the President to 
promote smart and just immigration policy for im-
migrants presently in the United States, their fami-
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lies, and individuals seeking to immigrate to the 
United States in the future. 
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