Recognizing that members and affiliates of Tren de Aragua are alien enemies perpetrating an invasion of the United States and affirming that the President is exercising his constitutional authority to repel that invasion.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 303 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 303

  Recognizing that members and affiliates of Tren de Aragua are alien
  enemies perpetrating an invasion of the United States and affirming
that the President is exercising his constitutional authority to repel
                             that invasion.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2025

 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Roy, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana,
 Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Crane,
 Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Gill of Texas,
 Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, and Mr. Cloud) submitted the following
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION

  Recognizing that members and affiliates of Tren de Aragua are alien
  enemies perpetrating an invasion of the United States and affirming
that the President is exercising his constitutional authority to repel
                             that invasion.

Whereas article II of the United States Constitution vests Executive power to
        the President of the United States, and establishes the President as
        Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces;
Whereas the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was enacted by Congress and signed into
        law to give the President of the United States the authority to repel an
        alien invasion of the United States;
Whereas invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is an exercise of the
        President's authorities as Commander in Chief;
Whereas the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 states: ``Whenever there shall be a
        declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or
        government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated,
        attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by
        any foreign nation or government, and the President of the United States
        shall make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens,
        denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males
        of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United
        States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended,
        restrained, secured and removed, as alien enemies'';
Whereas, at the time the Alien Enemies Act was enacted, the term ``invasion''
        was understood to include actions by non-state actors, as confirmed by
        James Madison's comments at the Virginia Ratifying Convention for the
        United States Constitution and definitions in Webster's 1806 and 1828
        dictionaries, and the term ``government'' was understood to include the
        institutions for governing non-state organizations, the Alien Enemies
        Act can be invoked in response to invasions by non-state actors;
Whereas, on 20 January 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued ``Designating
        Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And
        Specially Designated Global Terrorists,'' designating Tren De Aragua as
        a foreign terrorist organization;
Whereas the Executive order further details Tren De Aragua's ``campaigns of
        violence and terror in the United States and internationally are
        extraordinarily violent, vicious, and similarly threaten the stability
        of the international order in the Western Hemisphere;''
Whereas 20-year-old nursing student Laken Hope Riley's assailant, who was
        convicted of murdering and attempting to sexually assault her, was a
        confirmed Tren de Aragua member;
Whereas the 2 Venezuelan illegal aliens charged with murdering and sexually
        assaulting 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray on June 16, 2024, are believed
        to have ties to Tren de Aragua;
Whereas law enforcement has confirmed Tren de Aragua taking over apartment
        complexes at gunpoint across the United States, including Aurora,
        Colorado and San Antonio, Texas;
Whereas, in March 2024, more than 100 suspected Tren de Aragua members were
        arrested for their involvement in charging at National Guardsmen and
        Department of Public Safety troopers at the El Paso border;
Whereas, in June 2024, a Tren de Aragua member was charged with shooting and
        injuring New York City Police Department officers Cristopher Abreu and
        Richard Yarusso after they tried to lawfully detain him;
Whereas, on July 30, 2024, United States Border Patrol issued a bulletin warning
        that Tren de Aragua gave the ``green light'' to its over 1,000 members
        to fire on and attack law enforcement;
Whereas, as of March 2025, Tren de Aragua is present in at least 19 States;
Whereas, on March 15, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued ``Invocation of the
        Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren de
        Aragua'', a proclamation that finds and declares that Tren de Aragua is
        ``perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory
        incursion against the territory of the United States'';
Whereas the proclamation further details and declares that Tren de Aragua is
        ``undertaking hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare against
        the territory of the United States both directly and at the direction,
        clandestine or otherwise, of the Maduro regime in Venezuela'';
Whereas, in the 118th Congress, more than 80 Members of Congress sponsored or
        cosponsored legislation stating that the mass illegal immigration
        brought on by the open-border policies of the Biden administration
        constituted an invasion of the United States; and
Whereas the removal of alien enemies engaged in an invasion of the United States
        is necessary for the safety of the American people, and is a proper
        exercise of the Executive power of the President of the United States:
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that Tren de Aragua is a terrorist
        organization perpetrating an invasion of the United States
        directly and at the direction of a foreign government;
            (2) recognizes that members and affiliates of Tren de
        Aragua are alien enemies; and
            (3) recognizes and affirms that the President is exercising
        his Constitutional and legal authority to repel an invasion of
        alien enemies by apprehending, restraining, securing, and
        removing members and affiliates of Tren de Aragua from the
        United States of America.
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