,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 and 
,mr4 ,mc,cain7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that ,president ,obama      
should take immediate action to mitigate
 the humanitarian crisis along the      
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico involving          
unaccompanied migrant children and to   
prevent future crises4  ,whereas there  
is a growing humanitarian crisis along  
the international border between the    
,united ,states and ,mexico2 ,whereas   
the ,united ,states welcomes lawful     
immigrants and has established          
appropriate channels for the lawful     
admission of refugees2 ,whereas1 since  
,october #bjac1 officials in the        
,department of ,homeland ,security have 

apprehended more than #dg1jjj           
unaccompanied migrant children after    
they crossed that border without legal  
authorization2 ,whereas the majority of 
these children have arrived in the      
,united ,states through the ,rio ,grande
 ,valley ,sector in ,texas but the      
effects of this surge in illegal        
immigration have been felt across the   
,united ,states2 ,whereas this surge in 
illegal immigration has undermined the  
ability of the ,department of ,homeland 
,security and other law enforcement     
agencies to protect the ,united ,states 
from criminal and national security     
threats2 ,whereas the vast majority of  
these children have traveled to the     
,united ,states from countries in       
,central ,america1 a journey of more    
than #a1jjj miles that traverses some of
 the most dangerous territory in the    
,western ,hemisphere and smuggling      
routes operated by drug cartels and     
other transnational criminal            
organizations2 ,whereas these           

transnational criminal organizations    
routinely commit acts of human          
trafficking1 sexual assault1            
exploitation1 kidnapping1 and homicide  
against children who are the victims of 
their human smuggling operations2       
,whereas children making this journey   
face other grave dangers such as riding 
on top of crowded railroad cars1        
dehydration1 heat exposure1 and         
drowning2 ,whereas it is unknown how    
many children making this journey have  
perished or become victims of violent   
crime while traveling to the ,united    
,states2 ,whereas it is the duty of the 
,united ,states ,government to identify 
and provide humanitarian relief to any  
unaccompanied migrant child who is--    
7#a7 the victim of a crime2  7#b7 a     
refugee2  7#c7 an asylee2 or  7#d7      
eligible for any other form of          
immigration relief under the immigration
 laws2 ,whereas the current and previous
 administration1 each headed by a       
,president belonging to a different     

political party1 have failed to         
adequately secure the international     
border between the ,united ,states and  
,mexico and enforce the immigration     
laws2 ,whereas1 beginning in #bjaj1     
,president ,obama and the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security announced a series  
of executive actions1 public statements1
 and enforcement decisions that have    
created a misperception outside of the  
,united ,states that children entering  
the ,united ,states without legal       
authorization will receive relief from  
immigration enforcement consequences2   
,whereas these executive actions and the
 continuing failures of ,president      
,obama and the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security to adequately secure the      
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico and enforce the    
immigration laws are a proximate and    
material cause of the growing           
humanitarian crisis along the           
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico2 ,whereas the      

failure of the ,united ,states          
,government to enforce the immigration  
laws has undermined trust in the        
commitment of the ,united ,states       
,government to enforcing such laws2     
,whereas the ,senate must do everything 
in its power to mitigate the growing    
humanitarian threat along the           
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico and to prevent     
additional unaccompanied migrant        
children from making the dangerous      
journey to the ,united ,states2 and     
,whereas this cannot be accomplished    
until ,president ,obama has demonstrated
 to people of the ,united ,states that  
he is serious about stopping this       
humanitarian crisis and preventing      
similar crises in the future by         
enforcing the immigration laws3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,senate that ,president ,obama   
should--  7#a7 publicly declare that no 
deferred action program granting relief 
from immigration enforcement shall apply

 to any unaccompanied migrant child who 
unlawfully enters the ,united ,states2  
7#b7 publicly discourage people in      
,central ,america and elsewhere from    
sending their children on a dangerous   
journey through ,mexico to the ,united  
,states2  7#c7 begin fully enforcing the
 immigration laws2  7#d7 ensure that    
each ,state that is affected by the     
surge in unaccompanied migrant children 
entering the ,united ,states has the    
resources needed by that ,state to      
address this crisis while ensuring that 
such children are treated humanely2 and 
7#e7 work with the ,government of       
,mexico and the governments of countries
 in ,central ,america to improve        
security along the international borders
 between ,mexico and ,guatemala1 and    
,mexico and ,belize4