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[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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Submitted in House
Submitted in House
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.
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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