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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 909 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 909
Recognizing that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are
inseparable and must be pursued together.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 21, 2025
Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Simon, Ms.
Tlaib, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Thanedar, Mr.
Carson, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ross, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Krishnamoorthi,
Ms. Randall, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms.
Garcia of Texas, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Balint, Mr. Cisneros, Ms.
Adams, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and
Mrs. Beatty) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on
Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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 that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are
inseparable and must be pursued together.
Whereas reproductive justice is defined as the human right to maintain personal
bodily autonomy, to control one's own sexuality, gender, and
reproduction, and to raise families in safe and healthy environments;
Whereas immigrant justice demands the dismantling of systems that criminalize
migration, tear apart families, and deny immigrants access to health
care and full personhood;
Whereas immigrant justice demands legal pathways to citizenship, labor
protections, and community safety;
Whereas both immigrant and reproductive justice are rooted in a shared struggle
against the structural systems of racism, xenophobia, sexism,
homophobia, transphobia, and economic oppression that police bodies and
restrict bodily autonomy;
Whereas discrimination based on immigration status, race, sexuality, gender
identity, and economic class intersect to determine an individual's
access to reproductive health care or exercise of bodily autonomy
without fear of detention, deportation, or violence;
Whereas millions of immigrants are denied access to basic rights, including
health care, housing, and protection from exploitation, undermining
their ability to make autonomous reproductive decisions;
Whereas immigrants are frequently denied reproductive health care, including
abortion, contraception, prenatal, maternal, postpartum, and mental
health care;
Whereas all individuals have the right to humane, comprehensive, timely,
equitable reproductive care irrespective of an individual's immigration
status while in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody or in
interactions with other law enforcement, including access to prenatal,
postpartum, mental health, and family planning care;
Whereas numerous reports and investigations have identified systemic failures of
DHS, including by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to provide timely, appropriate
reproductive health care to detained individuals and pregnant
individuals;
Whereas pregnant minors are often limited in their reproductive health care
choices when they are placed in the custody of the Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) of the Department of Health and Human Services, and
in 2020, more than half of ORR-funded shelters serving children were
located in States with restrictive abortion policies;
Whereas, from 2016 to 2018, over 4,000 pregnant individuals were detained and
subjected to inadequate medical care where facilities ranged in
compliance with pregnancy care standards;
Whereas reports have exposed egregious abuses, including forced hysterectomies,
denial of abortion, and medical neglect of individuals in detention;
Whereas recent cases, such as the tragic loss of Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus'
pregnancy while detained under ICE custody, illustrate the severe
consequences of DHS's neglect and failure to provide appropriate medical
care;
Whereas CBP's May 2025 revocation of protective policies for pregnant
individuals and infants further endangers the health and dignity of
detained individuals by removing previously established minimum
standards of care;
Whereas, despite the Biden administration's efforts to designate pregnant
individuals as a protected class, these protections have since been
reversed or weakened, leaving pregnant individuals vulnerable to
detention and inadequate care;
Whereas DHS's current policies lack standardization and transparency, and have
led to mental health harm and trauma among detained immigrants and their
families;
Whereas the denial of health care, the separation of families, and surveillance
tools utilized for immigration enforcement deter individuals from
seeking the care they need, thereby assaulting their reproductive
freedom, parenting rights, and community well-being; and
Whereas reproductive justice cannot exist without immigrant justice: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) affirms that reproductive justice and immigrant justice
are inseparable and intersectional, and must be pursued
together through policies centered on lived experiences;
(2) affirms the role of Congress in conducting oversight
regarding the treatment of those detained, particularly
vulnerable populations, including pregnant individuals;
(3) affirms the inherent dignity and humanity of all
immigrants and denounces any policies that treat people as
unworthy of adequate, timely health care or fundamental human
rights due to immigration status;
(4) condemns policies and practices such as immigration
detention, coerced or denied reproductive health care
(including sterilization, abortion, and contraception), and
denial of reproductive health care access, which represent
forms of government control over immigrant bodies;
(5) condemns policies that restrict or fully prohibit
access to health care coverage for immigrants;
(6) calls on Congress to eliminate the 5-year bar and
categorical exclusions on immigrant access to Federal health
programs, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance
Plan, and Affordable Care Act coverage;
(7) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security, including
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, to reinstate, permanently, the protective
status of pregnant individuals;
(8) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security, including
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, to implement transparent oversight and
accountability mechanisms that monitor reproductive health care
quality across all detention facilities;
(9) calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
including the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to ensure
unaccompanied immigrant youth can access the health care that
they need, including abortion, without delay, no matter what
State they are held in;
(10) requests that the Secretary of Homeland Security,
including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, assess and identify any and all
barriers and delays in access to reproductive health care
services for those under custody;
(11) affirms the right to comprehensive reproductive health
care for all, regardless of immigration status, and promotes
equitable, inclusive services for immigrant communities; and
(12) calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security to report
to Congress all of its internal reports regarding individuals
in detention.
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Submitted in House
Submitted in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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 Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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 Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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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