119-hres754

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 754 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 754

 Recognizing the psychological impact of immigration enforcement 
 overreach on individuals, their families, and their community.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 19, 2025

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Carson, 
 Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Kelly of 
 Illinois, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
 of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
 concerned

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 RESOLUTION

 Recognizing the psychological impact of immigration enforcement 
 overreach on individuals, their families, and their community.

Whereas 66 percent of undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States 
 for over a decade, making them deeply rooted in American communities;
Whereas mass deportations would therefore cause serious harm for families, 
 disrupt local economies, and destabilize essential labor markets;
Whereas there are approximately 4,700,000 mixed-status households comprised of 
 16,700,000 people who share a home with at least 1 undocumented 
 resident;
Whereas an estimated 5,500,000 American-born, United States-citizen children 
 live with an undocumented family member;
Whereas, since January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has established 
 informal arrest quotas, revived family detention centers, and doubled 
 detention capacity to nearly 100,000, including on military bases, 
 vastly expanding the number of individuals and families experiencing 
 immigration detention;
Whereas, since January 20, 2025, individuals have been wrongfully targeted, 
 detained, and even deported;
Whereas, since January 20, 2025, the use of expedited deportation has been 
 vastly expanded, stripping due process rights from immigrants who wish 
 to contest their removal;
Whereas 71.7 percent of people currently detained by U.S. Immigration and 
 Customs Enforcement (hereinafter referred to ``ICE'') have no criminal 
 convictions;
Whereas 93 percent of those detained by ICE have never been convicted of a 
 violent offense;
Whereas individuals are now experiencing elevating levels of anxiety, 
 hypervigilance, and panic attacks due to immigration enforcement;
Whereas family separation is a significant concern among migrants and their 
 communities;
Whereas ICE is stripping people of legal status and arresting them at 
 courthouses;
Whereas individuals are now experiencing increased social isolation and 
 loneliness to avoid potential ICE activity;
Whereas family separation caused by incarceration or deportation can be more 
 detrimental to children's health, behavior, and academic achievement 
 than parental death or divorce, with children deportees displaying 
 higher rates of depression, anxiety, and academic withdrawal;
Whereas family separation caused by incarceration and deportation 
 disproportionately affects poor people and racial minorities whose 
 communities are already more likely to be under stress and unable to 
 compensate for the parental loss, thereby exacerbating structural 
 inequalities; and
Whereas, on June 14, 2025, protests occurred across the Nation against stringent 
 immigration enforcement: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) recognizes the psychological impact of immigration 
 enforcement overreach on individuals, their families, and their 
 community;

    (2) acknowledges the significant contributions of nonprofit 
 organizations in delivering crucial psychological and 
 socioeconomic support to immigrant communities;

    (3) condemns U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
 tactics that allow for unreasonable searches and seizures, 
 which are in direct opposition to the Fourth Amendment;

    (4) condemns U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
 tactics that erode due process, equal protection, and freedom 
 from discrimination as guarded by the Constitution;

    (5) affirms the role of Congress in--
        (A) holding Federal immigration officers 
 accountable to upholding due process and equal 
 protection, and recognizes that violations of due 
 process and equal protection are physically and 
 psychologically damaging to those residing in the 
 United States;
        (B) conducting oversight investigations in U.S. 
 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers;
            (C) monitoring the implementation of immigration 
 policy by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the 
 Department of Homeland Security, and other immigration-
 related agencies; and
            (D) identifying and preventing abuses of Executive 
 power;

    (6) condemns President Trump and his administration, 
 including Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller, who have 
 carried out policies that are physically and psychologically 
 damaging to those residing in the United States;

    (7) calls on the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
 Mental Health Services Administration to gather and report data 
 demonstrating the impacts of immigration enforcement overreach 
 on immigrant mental health; and

    (8) calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
 address the impacts of immigration enforcement overreach on 
 immigrant mental health by working with nonprofits to provide 
 culturally comprehensive mental health services to directly 
 impacted communities.
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