Should Congress denounce the Biden Administration’s immigration actions at the US-Mexico border?

Immigration
Denouncing the Biden Administration’s Immigration Policies (H.Res. 1065)
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Bill Summary

The resolution criticizes the Biden administration’s handling of immigration at the US-Mexico border, alleging that the administration has enacted an “open borders policy” with excessive approval of refugees to enter the country and a termination of asylum cooperative agreements, and criticizes the administration’s lack of compliance with immigration law. It also encourages the administration to abide by detention regulations, increase and facilitate removals, and end catch-and-release policies. Sponsor: Rep. Monica de la Cruz (Republican, Texas, District 15)
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Opponents say

•      "For months, the Biden Administration has been asking Congress to deliver much-needed resources to ensure the safe, humane processing of refugees and asylum-seekers. During that same time, Speaker Johnson repeatedly refused to engage with Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and the White House to negotiate bipartisan legislation to tackle the crisis at our border head-on—going as far as to pronounce the deal they struck as ‘dead on arrival’ in the House, refusing to even allow us to debate the measure, [...]These reports are a direct result of House Republicans’ inaction, and Speaker Johnson’s refusal to engage on the subject at all. The safety of our communities, and the lives of refugees seeking safe-haven in this country, are being put at risk because of these political games. Enough is enough." Source: Rep. Lou Correa (Democrat, California, District 46)


•      "Rather than breaking families apart, we can unite them. Rather than expelling brilliant, highly-skilled students and entrepreneurs to compete against us in other countries, we should attract the best and brightest minds who want to help America succeed. Rather than failing to meet the needs of important sectors of our economy such as agriculture, we can help these industries legally employ their workforce. By securing our borders and ensuring our laws are enforced, we can also regularize the status of those who currently live in the shadows to promote family unification and shared values like hard work and playing by the rules." Source: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Democrat, California, District 18)

Proponents say

•      "You don't have to look any further than the border to see the disaster that Biden has caused. At the beginning of his term, he stopped enforcing our laws. And now, the cartels and many criminals freely enter our country. As a mother of two, it pains me to see how drugs entering through the border have killed thousands of young people. The president says his policies are humane, but what is humane about allowing someone to kill our people? Recently, a young woman named Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant whom this administration allowed in. Republicans want to stop this, but the president does not cooperate." Source: Rep. Monica de la Cruz (Republican, Missouri, District 6)


•      "The nation is entering its fourth year of the worst border crisis in recent history, but the Biden Administration has continued to show little interest in reversing its destructive border policies. This includes failing to end the abuse of parole authority, which has been used to release over one million aliens into the United States, under just your tenure as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The impacts of mass parole are devastating, and are clearly evidenced by the recent murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University who was killed by alien paroled and released under this administration" Source: Rep. Chip Roy (Republican, Texas, District 21)

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