I will call on Congress to pass H.Res.50, the resolution affirming states’ constitutional authority to defend themselves when the federal government fails to secure the border.

I’m calling on Congress to act now to pass this resolution and ensure that no future Democrat administration can take us back to open-border lawlessness.

Arrington urges Congress to pass his border-defense resolution.

Full Texas Republican Delegation Backs Arrington Resolution Affirming States’ Right to Defend Against Border Invasion | U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Jodey C. Arrington as sponsor and shows the resolution was introduced on 2025-01-16, then referred to the House Judiciary Committee. The summary says the resolution declares states have the sovereign right to exclude people without a lawful right to be there and unilateral authority to defend against invasion.

Arrington took the concrete advocacy step promised in the claim by sponsoring and introducing H.Res.50; the measure itself remains only referred and has not advanced further.

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H.Res.50 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): 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.
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