Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who seized control of our southern border.
Sponsored By: Representative Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced
Summary
Declares that each State has the sovereign right to exclude people who do not have the right to be there and that southern border States faced an "invasion" from 2021–2024. This nonbinding resolution would assert that paramilitary narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists, and criminal actors created an imminent danger and that the federal government failed to protect those border States, framing a constitutional claim that States may defend themselves unilaterally.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Ellzey
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Van Duyne
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Gonzales, Tony
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Sessions
TX • R
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Roll Call Votes
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