IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1020 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 16, 2024 Mr. Ogles submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Expresses steadfast resolve with the people of Texas, condemns the current administration’s efforts to impose the consequences of illegal immigration on the States, and considers, pursuant to article III, section 3 of the Constitution, Joe Biden to be guilty of treason against the people of the United States.

Whereas 341,392 apprehensions of illegal aliens at the United States land borders nationwide were made in September 2023, setting an all-time record; Whereas over 302,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens on the southwest border occurred in December 2023 alone, also setting a record; Whereas 3,201,144 apprehensions, nationwide, were made in fiscal year 2023, compared with 1,956,519 apprehensions in fiscal year 2021, a 63.6-percent increase; Whereas United States Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) has apprehended more than 100,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border for 35 consecutive months; Whereas since President Biden took office, CBP apprehensions have exceeded over 7,000,000, excluding gotaways ; Whereas CBP has apprehended 730,000 illegal aliens in fiscal year 2024 alone; Whereas the current administration has released more than 3,300,000 illegal aliens into the United States; Whereas more than 85 percent of illegal aliens apprehended at the southern border are being released into the interior of the country; Whereas CBP arrested 169 persons on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s terror watchlist at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, the highest ever recorded; Whereas between 16,800,000 and 29,000,000 illegal aliens currently reside in the United States; Whereas hundreds of thousands of aliens without lawful status under the immigration laws have been released into the interior of the United States through unlawful categorical parole programs; Whereas the Biden Border Crisis has cost American taxpayers up to $451,000,000,000 a year; Whereas 112,000 Americans died from drug overdose deaths in fiscal year 2023; Whereas the amount of fentanyl seized by CBP in fiscal year 2023 amounted to 27,000 pounds, representing a near doubling of the amount of fentanyl seized in fiscal year 2022 (14,700 pounds); Whereas the Biden administration’s refusal to secure the border reflects a perverse commitment to undermining our national sovereignty, and has badly damaged the social fabric of America; Whereas this administration’s border policies have directly led to an ongoing invasion of the United States; Whereas article 4, section 4, and article 1, section 10, clause 3 of the Constitution, among other provisions, ensure that States have the right of self-defense; Whereas the Federal Government refuses to provide the States protection against the ongoing invasion, including by refusing to exercise existing authorities under 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) ; Whereas the Federal Government has prevented States, including Texas, from taking common sense actions to protect their own citizens, including the ability of States to construct their own barriers (notably concertina wire) to deter illegal immigration; and Whereas in light of this extraordinary attack against the citizens of the United States of America, and his own personal responsibility in allowing the ongoing invasion to jeopardize the welfare of the American people, President Biden must be held responsible: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) expresses its steadfast resolve with the people of Texas and every border State enduring the brunt of the Biden administration’s intentional failure to secure our border; (2) condemns the Biden administration’s efforts to impose the consequences of illegal immigration, including the death and injury of the American people, on the States; and (3) considers, pursuant to article III, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, President Biden to be guilty of treason against the people of the United States, and that Congress should exercise its power prescribed under such article to declare the punishment of treason.