Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 50 Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’ posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 20, 2023 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judici- ary RESOLUTION Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sov- ereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citi- zenry from the overwhelming and ‘‘imminent danger’’ posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our south- ern border. Whereas the Preamble to the United States Constitution out- lines the chief responsibility of the Federal Government is to ‘‘insure domestic tranquility’’ and ‘‘provide for the common defense’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 50 IH Whereas article IV, section 4 of the United States Constitu- tion clearly states ‘‘The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Govern- ment, and shall protect each of them against Invasion’’; Whereas President Biden has continuously failed to uphold his oath and fulfill his constitutional duty to ‘‘faithfully execute’’ the laws of the land; Whereas, since President Biden took office, we have seen rec- ordbreaking apprehensions at the southern border; Whereas monthly apprehensions have exceeded 200,000 for numerous months and continue to increase month over month, eclipsing all-time records for apprehensions at the southern border; Whereas border States spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on the provision of healthcare, housing, edu- cation, and other services for illegal aliens; Whereas those being apprehended have come from over 160 nations, including many individuals on the terrorist watch list; Whereas thousands of criminal offenses have been committed by illegal immigrants, including assault, homicide, illegal drug and contraband possession, trafficking, and sexual offenses; Whereas criminal offenses committed by illegal immigrants have increased one hundred plus percent year over year; Whereas arrests of illegal immigrants convicted of sex of- fenses has increased one thousand plus percent year over year according to Customs and Border Protection; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 50 IH Whereas authorities have seized thousands of pounds of fentanyl—enough to kill every American multiple times over; Whereas the United States has a drug epidemic whereby tens of thousands of Americans die every year and a little less than 100 percent of drugs, including heroin, meth- amphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine, are smuggled across the southern border; Whereas migrant women and children, who represent an in- creasing number of crossings and face a high risk of sex- ual assault and trafficking, are abused, raped, tortured, enslaved and trafficked as a result of the Biden adminis- tration’s failure to secure our southern Border; Whereas attempted crossings by, and apprehensions of, illegal immigrant criminals on the FBI’s terror watchlist have increased exponentially year over year, and even more il- legal immigrant criminals and terrorists may have slipped across the border without detection—the ‘‘gotaways’’; Whereas cartels act as paramilitary, narco-terrorist organiza- tions that profit from trafficking people and drugs across the southern border into the United States; Whereas Customs and Border Protection agents have con- firmed that cartels facilitate and profit from virtually every illegal border crossing; Whereas the Biden administration has repeatedly removed ef- fective measures that have reduced illegal immigration and secured the border, including Migrant Protection Protocols policy, remain in Mexico, a halt on border wall construction, a reinstatement of ‘‘catch and release’’, a weakening of asylum requirements, and countless other VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 50 IH policy decisions that encourage a disregard for our laws and sovereignty and embolden cartels; Whereas States along our southern border—Texas, New Mex- ico, Arizona, and California—are forced to spend billions of their own taxpayer dollars to address and combat the devastation resulting from an unsecured southern border; Whereas State and local law enforcement entities are over- whelmed by dangerous criminal activities associated with illegal border crossings, putting officers and their com- munities in danger while draining local resources; and Whereas the quality of life and security of communities in border States, along with every other State in the U.S., are being threatened, including ranchers suffering from stolen and damaged property, healthcare providers with strained capacity, and educators struggling to absorb the high volume of migrant children in classrooms: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) declares and finds as a matter of fact any 2 State within the United States has the sovereign 3 right to exclude from the sovereign’s territory any 4 person who does not have the right to be there; 5 (2) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 6 States at our southern border, including Texas, New 7 Mexico, Arizona, and California, are being invaded 8 or are in such imminent danger from paramilitary, 9 narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors 10 as will not admit delay as stated in article I, section 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HRES 50 IH 10 of the United States Constitution and those 1 States have the sovereign and unilateral authority 2 pursuant to article I, section 10 of the United States 3 Constitution to defend themselves against the inva- 4 sion or imminent danger by paramilitary, narco-ter- 5 rorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors; 6 (3) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 7 United States has failed to protect the aforemen- 8 tioned States at our southern border against inva- 9 sion pursuant to article IV, section 4 of the United 10 States Constitution or to ‘‘ensure domestic tran- 11 quility’’, ‘‘provide for the common defense’’, and 12 ‘‘execute the laws’’ of the United States; and 13 (4) declares and finds as a matter of fact the 14 Biden administration has failed to faithfully execute 15 the laws of the United States and to defend and pro- 16 tect the aforementioned States on the southern bor- 17 der against invasion or imminent danger. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB