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 seized control of our southern border.
The summary
What this bill does
This resolution declares that every state within the United States has the sovereign right to exclude any person who does not have the right to be there. It also declares that the states along the southern border (1) were invaded by terrorists, narco-terrorist cartels, and criminal actors from 2021 through 2024; and (2) have the sovereign and unilateral authority to defend themselves against such an invasion.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 19 · R-TX
25 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 3 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 6 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 14 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 24 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 4 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 22 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 1 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 36 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 25 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - Texas District 2 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 5 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TX District 15 · R-TX
+ 13 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HRES |
| Bill Number | 50 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Policy Area | Immigration |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 16, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 16, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 25 · House vote — · — views |