Bill Text: TX HCR11 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the president of the United States to keep Title 42 in place.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR11 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR11-Introduced.html
| 88R6544 BPG-D | ||
| By: Lozano | H.C.R. No. 11 | |
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| WHEREAS, 42 U.S.C. Section 265, commonly known as Title 42, | ||
| has proven invaluable in managing the crisis at the United | ||
| States-Mexico border; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since the invocation of Title 42 by the Trump | ||
| administration in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland | ||
| Security has used the order more than two million times to rapidly | ||
| expel unauthorized migrants; enforcement of the order also serves | ||
| as an important deterrent to citizens of other countries | ||
| contemplating a dangerous journey to join the massive surge at the | ||
| border; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas border communities have struggled to deal with | ||
| the huge influx of migrants, and DHS has relied heavily on Title 42 | ||
| to protect these communities from being even more overwhelmed; | ||
| during fiscal year 2021, of the more than 1.6 million encounters on | ||
| the Southwestern land border, over 60 percent, or around 1 million, | ||
| resulted in expulsion under Title 42 authority; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Unauthorized migration has reached historic highs, | ||
| leading to overcrowding at Border Patrol stations, and officials | ||
| have warned that numbers could more than double should Title 42 be | ||
| rescinded; recent policy changes at DHS have made the agency even | ||
| less able to cope with such a spike if it is forced to fall back | ||
| solely on its Title 8 authorities to process and detain migrants; | ||
| small border communities, already sorely burdened, lack sufficient | ||
| housing, transportation, and health care facilities to absorb an | ||
| even greater tide of migrants paroled into their jurisdictions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Rescission of Title 42 during an unprecedented surge | ||
| in unauthorized immigration is sure to have a deleterious effect on | ||
| border security while degrading quality of life in communities all | ||
| along the southwestern border; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the president of the United States to keep | ||
| Title 42 in place for the duration of the current border crisis; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an | ||
| official copy of this resolution to the president of the United | ||
| States of America. | ||
