HR 109 (LSB 6270YH (6) 90)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 109

BY  SHERMAN, GOLDING, GERHOLD, DIEKEN, HAYES, ANDREWS, M. THOMPSON, STONE, HORA, CISNEROS, STOLTENBERG, MEGGERS, WULF, FISHER, GUSTAFSON, OSMUNDSON, BRADLEY, DETERMANN, GEHLBACH, SORENSEN, and HOLT

A Resolution affirming the state of Iowa’s support for the state of Texas and condemning the federal government’s immigration policies.

   WHEREAS, the executive branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting states, including immigration laws, and President Biden has broken the compact between the United States and the states by refusing to enforce those laws and even violating current laws; and
   WHEREAS, President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by the United States Congress; and
   WHEREAS, President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants; and
   WHEREAS, under President Biden’s border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants, almost double the population of the state of Iowa, have crossed the southern border in three years; and
   WHEREAS, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other visionaries who wrote the Constitution of the United States foresaw that states should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives supports the right of the state of Texas to invoke its constitutional authority to protect and defend its citizens; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognizes the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land, superseding any federal statute to the contrary; and
   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives supports and endorses the Governor’s decision to deploy Iowa National Guard and Iowa State Patrol personnel to secure the Texas and national border.