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H. Res. 461
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
June 22, 2023.
Whereas sheltering aliens who are not admitted to the United
States in school facilities will divert educational resources
from children already suffering from historic learning
loss;
Whereas, on May 16 and 17, 2023, about 300 such aliens
were sheltered in current or former public school gym-
nasiums in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams an-
nounced plans to use as many as 20 public school gym-
nasiums as overflow housing for such aliens;
Whereas turning schools into housing centers for such aliens
compromises schools’ duty to educate enrolled children
and keep them safe;
Whereas hosting such aliens on school campuses poses a sig-
nificant safety risk to school children and compromises
schools’ ability to secure their own campus;
Whereas using school gymnasiums as housing for such aliens
may impede children’s access to safe recreation and phys-
ical education, may force children to spend their entire
school day with little exercise, and may disrupt the ordi-
nary routines of the school day;
Whereas a public elementary or secondary school should be
ineligible to receive Federal financial assistance if it is
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used to shelter, house, or otherwise serve as a sanctuary
for, aliens not admitted to the United States;
Whereas the Biden administration has created these problems
with a failed border security strategy that has encour-
aged illegal aliens to cross the border, tallying more than
10,000 a day ahead of the May 11, 2023, expiration of
the public health emergency relating to COVID–19, de-
clared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 247d), and of the concomitant power of the
President, under section 362 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
265), to prohibit entries of persons into the United
States from certain countries or places; and
Whereas the school children in the United States should not
bear the burden for the disastrous immigration policies of
either the Biden administration or local leaders: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives condemns
the use of public elementary or secondary school facilities
that serve students to provide shelter for aliens who are not
admitted to the United States.
Attest:
Clerk.