Bill Text: TX SCR39 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-04-10 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SCR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SCR39-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Creighton | S.C.R. No. 39 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 17, 2025, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Border Security; | ||
| March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, | ||
| Nays 1; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.) | ||
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| WHEREAS, Transnational cartels have exploited weak points | ||
| along the United States Southern Border, expanding their criminal | ||
| activities and endangering Americans, particularly Texans, as a | ||
| direct result of inadequate federal border policies over the past | ||
| four years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2024 alone, U.S. authorities seized enough | ||
| fentanyl to endanger every American life, underscoring the critical | ||
| need for effective border security measures; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The federal government failed its constitutional | ||
| duty to protect our borders, forcing The State of Texas to spend $11 | ||
| billion on border security efforts, deploying advanced technology, | ||
| constructing border barriers, and mobilizing thousands of National | ||
| and State Guard members, and demands the reimbursement of these | ||
| costs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas' Operation Lone Star has achieved significant | ||
| results in mitigating the effects of illegal immigration and | ||
| cartel-driven human and drug trafficking, addressing challenges | ||
| left unaddressed by the previous federal administration; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The continual breaches of Texas' sovereignty and | ||
| security due to federal inaction have forced the state to bear a | ||
| disproportionate burden in managing border-related threats; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature acknowledges the Trump | ||
| administration's steadfast commitment to improving border security | ||
| and expresses that Texas will be a true partner in securing our | ||
| border; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby declare its disappointment in the Biden administration's | ||
| border security policies, which failed to adequately protect Texas, | ||
| and reaffirms its support for the new administration's efforts to | ||
| enhance security along the Southern Border; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature respectfully urge the | ||
| federal government to take immediate action in addressing these | ||
| longstanding issues, including increased resources and support for | ||
| state-led initiatives, to restore order and security at the border; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to | ||
| the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members | ||
| of the Texas delegation to Congress, with the request that this | ||
| resolution be entered into the Congressional Record as a testament | ||
| to Texas' commitment to work alongside the federal government for a | ||
| secure border. | ||
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