House Resolution 109 - Introduced
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
1 A Resolution affirming the state of Iowa’s support
2 for the state of Texas and condemning the federal
3 government’s immigration policies.
4 WHEREAS, the executive branch of the United States
5 has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws
6 protecting states, including immigration laws, and
7 President Biden has broken the compact between the
8 United States and the states by refusing to enforce
9 those laws and even violating current laws; and
10 WHEREAS, President Biden has violated his oath to
11 faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by the
12 United States Congress; and
13 WHEREAS, President Biden has instructed his agencies
14 to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention
15 of illegal immigrants; and
16 WHEREAS, under President Biden’s border policies,
17 more than 6 million illegal immigrants, almost double
18 the population of the state of Iowa, have crossed the
19 southern border in three years; and
20 WHEREAS, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the
21 other visionaries who wrote the Constitution of the
22 United States foresaw that states should not be left to
23 the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to
24 stop external threats; NOW THEREFORE,
25 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
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1 the House of Representatives supports the right of the
2 state of Texas to invoke its constitutional authority
3 to protect and defend its citizens; and
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
5 Representatives recognizes the Constitution of
6 the United States as the supreme law of the land,
7 superseding any federal statute to the contrary; and
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
9 Representatives supports and endorses the Governor’s
10 decision to deploy Iowa National Guard and Iowa State
11 Patrol personnel to secure the Texas and national
12 border.
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