H.Res. 754

[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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