Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that President Biden must secure the United States from terror threats by denying entry to certain individuals due to a heightened terror threat from an unstable Afghanistan.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This resolution calls on the President to use executive authority to secure the border by denying entry to individuals from Afghanistan who pose a terrorist threat to the United States.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 630 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 630

 Expressing the sense of Congress that President Biden must secure the 
     United States from terror threats by denying entry to certain 
    individuals due to a heightened terror threat from an unstable 
                              Afghanistan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2021

 Mr. Meuser submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that President Biden must secure the 
     United States from terror threats by denying entry to certain 
    individuals due to a heightened terror threat from an unstable 
                              Afghanistan.

Whereas the Biden administration's evacuation of United States citizens, 
        military personnel, and Afghan allies from Afghanistan was ill-executed 
        and required additional military personnel to be placed in a dangerously 
        untenable position to complete an unnecessarily hasty withdrawal;
Whereas the resulting instability in Afghanistan threatens the safety of 
        American citizens and the security of the American homeland;
Whereas 13 United States soldiers were killed by a terrorist attack at Hamid 
        Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021;
Whereas estimates indicate 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners were released by the Taliban 
        when they captured Bagram Air Base, including many al-Qaida operatives;
Whereas Afghanistan has previously been a hub for terrorist activity and 
        training;
Whereas Pentagon officials have warned that extremist groups could regenerate in 
        Afghanistan within two years of the United States withdrawing military 
        forces;
Whereas, in July 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 212,672 
        encounters on the southwest border, the highest recorded level;
Whereas the Biden administration has rescinded or weakened border security 
        policies including the southwest border wall, the Migrant Protection 
        Protocols, and title 42 expulsion; and
Whereas the President has broad authority under section 212(f) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act to deny entry to aliens who pose a 
        threat to the United States and the American people: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls on President 
Biden to use his executive authority under section 212(f) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to secure the border and points of 
entry by denying entry to individuals from Afghanistan who pose a 
terrorist threat to the United States.
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