Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the President’s responsibility to address the border crisis.

agrees with the President that there is an “actual humanitarian crisis on the border that only underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our immigration system once and for all”;

calls upon the President to use the resources already at his disposal to gain certifiable operational control of the border;

calls upon the President to send a clear message that those who are seeking to enter the United States illegally will be returned to their home countries;

calls upon the President to send a clear message that subjecting children to the perilous migration northward to our border will no longer be tolerated;

calls upon the President to cease using his prosecutorial discretion authority to shield unlawful immigrants from prosecution;

calls upon the President to cease releasing convicted criminal aliens from detention;

calls upon the President to crack down on fraudulent asylum claims;

calls upon the President to implement tougher standards for “credible fear” claims;

calls upon the President to restore agreements with local law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws;

calls upon the President to give Border Patrol agents access to Federal lands where drug traffickers, human smugglers, and unlawful immigrants hide;

calls upon the President to employ diplomatic resources with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to stop the border crisis; and

stands ready to work with the President to make certain the preceding calls to action are realized as expeditiously as possible.