Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the courts' actions against President Trump's Executive order.

Bill: 115-hres-120
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa

Border security and unlawful immigration

Executive agency funding and structure

Federal appellate courts

Federal district courts

Immigration status and procedures

Iran

Iraq

Judges

Judicial review and appeals

Libya

Middle East

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Religion

Somalia

Sudan

Syria

Travel and tourism

Visas and passports

Washington State

Yemen
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Judge James L. Robart of the Western District of Washington ignored the Constitution, federal law, and court precedent in issuing a temporary restraining order against Executive Order 13769, entitled &quot;Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States&quot;; and (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in failing to reverse Judge Robart's order. Among the executive order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States. </p> <p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 120 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2017 Mr. King of Iowa submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the courts' actions against President Trump's Executive order.

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) Judge James L. Robart of the Western District of Washington ignored the Constitution, Federal law and court precedent in issuing a temporary restraining order against President Trump’s Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States ; and (2) the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in failing to reverse Judge Robart’s erroneous temporary restraining order.