Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the migrant surge in Del Rio, Texas, must be met by the Federal Government's obligation to fully enforce our immigration laws.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This resolution urges the Biden Administration to expeditiously restore the Migrant Protection Protocols, a policy requiring many asylum seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their cases are being adjudicated. It also urges the Administration to use certain public health powers, commonly referred to as Title 42 authority, to promptly expel migrants.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 676

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the migrant 
   surge in Del Rio, Texas, must be met by the Federal Government's 
           obligation to fully enforce our immigration laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2021

 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Garbarino, 
    Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
Crenshaw, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Upton, Mr. Williams of Texas, 
Mr. Balderson, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Herrell, Mr. 
 McCaul, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Mann, Mr. Babin, 
Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, 
    Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Joyce of 
 Pennsylvania, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Mast, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Cawthorn) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
  Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, 
      Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the migrant 
   surge in Del Rio, Texas, must be met by the Federal Government's 
           obligation to fully enforce our immigration laws.

Whereas the ongoing influx of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, poses a significant 
        threat to the public health and safety of local communities;
Whereas the migrant surge at the Del Rio International Bridge has evolved 
        rapidly and unsustainably from 4,000 migrants on September 15 to nearly 
        16,000 on September 18;
Whereas Del Rio, Texas, a city of 35,000 residents, lacks the resources, 
        infrastructure, and manpower to manage a migrant population of this size 
        and scope;
Whereas the local health care infrastructure in Del Rio has been severely 
        overwhelmed by the resulting uptick in patients;
Whereas the above-mentioned events are occurring in tandem with the spread of 
        COVID-19 variants across the United States;
Whereas the spread of a communicable disease would be catastrophic for Val Verde 
        County and the State of Texas at large;
Whereas the sheer number of illegal border crossings has shifted the operational 
        focus of border patrol agents from enforcement to processing, thereby 
        creating national security vulnerabilities;
Whereas these added processing duties have led to the closure of critical border 
        checkpoints that serve as our second line of defense against illegal 
        individuals and contraband;
Whereas it is the Federal Government's responsibility to protect our homeland 
        from the consequences of illegal immigration;
Whereas the Biden Administration's rhetoric has enticed more than 1,300,000 
        migrants to illegally cross our southern border this year;
Whereas the Biden Administration has pursued the cancellation of previous 
        immigration policies that were shown to be effective at stemming the 
        tide of mass migration to the United States; and
Whereas the Federal Government must fulfill its obligation to enforce our 
        immigration laws: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges the Biden 
Administration to--
            (1) expeditiously restore the ``Remain in Mexico'', 
        officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols announced 
        in the Department of Homeland Security memorandum entitled, 
        ``Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection 
        Protocols'', dated January 25, 2019;
            (2) comply with the rapid expulsion of migrants under a 
        prohibition issued pursuant to section 362 of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265 (commonly known as the ``Title 42 
        Public Health Order''));
            (3) commit additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
        and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and 
        resources to the southern border; and
            (4) support Governor Greg Abbott's September 20th request 
        for a statewide emergency disaster declaration.
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