What This Bill Does
This resolution expresses the opinion of the House of Representatives that Vice President Kamala Harris should be removed from her position leading the Biden administration's strategy to address the root causes of migration. The House urges the Biden administration to take seven specific actions related to border security and immigration policy.
Who It Affects
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and communities near the southern border.
Key Provisions
The House urges the Biden administration to remove Vice President Harris as head of any executive branch task force or strategy relating to immigration.
The House urges the Biden administration to appoint an experienced and competent leader to replace Vice President Harris as head of the strategy to address the root causes of migration.
The House urges the Biden administration to immediately provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with adequate support and resources to do their job effectively.
The House urges the Biden administration to immediately reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols.
The House urges the Biden administration to take action to protect American communities from fentanyl (a powerful drug).
What Changes
Not specified in bill text. This resolution expresses the House's opinion but does not mandate any specific changes.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 253
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Vice President
Kamala Harris should be removed from her position as the head of
the Biden administration’s strategy to address the root causes of migra-
tion.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 2023
Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MIKE GARCIA of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MEUSER, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and
in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means,
and Foreign Affairs, 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
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Vice President Kamala Harris should be removed from
her position as the head of the Biden administration’s
strategy to address the root causes of migration.
Whereas, on March 24, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris
was named ‘‘Border Czar’’ in charge of leading efforts to
stem migration across the United States-Mexico border;
Whereas Vice President Harris has visited the southern bor-
der once since President Biden appointed her to lead ef-
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forts to stem migration across the United States-Mexico
border;
Whereas border security is national security and the ongoing
influx of migrants poses a significant threat to the public
health and safety of our communities;
Whereas, under the Biden administration, a historic number
of illegal immigrants, violent criminals, and deadly drugs
have flooded into our communities through the southern
border;
Whereas over 4,500,000 migrants have illegally crossed our
southern border since January 2021;
Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over
14,700 pounds of illicit fentanyl in fiscal year 2022,
enough to kill over 3,000,000,000 people;
Whereas, in the first 5 months of fiscal year 2023, 69 people
whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were en-
countered at the southern border, totaling more than fis-
cal years 2017 through 2021 combined;
Whereas the Biden administration has allowed for mass mi-
gration to the United States by allowing politics to cloud
its judgment when assessing policies;
Whereas our southern border is less safe now than it ever has
been; and
Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection is overwhelmed
and lacks resources needed due to Vice President Har-
ris’s refusal to address the issues: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges
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the Biden administration to—
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(1) remove Vice President Kamala Harris as
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the head of any executive branch task force or strat-
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egy relating to immigration;
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(2) appoint an experienced and competent lead-
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er to replace Vice President Kamala Harris as the
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head of the Biden administration’s strategy to ad-
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dress the root causes of migration;
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(3) recognize that border security is national se-
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curity;
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(4) immediately provide U.S. Customs and Bor-
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der Protection with the adequate support and re-
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sources to do their job effectively and adequately;
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(5) immediately reinistate the Migrant Protec-
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tion Protocols;
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(6) take action to protect American commu-
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nities from fentanyl; and
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(7) stop allowing politics in Washington to
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cloud their judgment regarding policies implemented
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at the southern border.
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