A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the law enforcement agents and other personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, who have been temporarily engaging in civil immigration enforcement operations, should be returned to their primary missions during periods of active hostility with Iran.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 638 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 638

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the law enforcement agents and 
  other personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department of 
    Homeland Security, who have been temporarily engaging in civil 
immigration enforcement operations, should be returned to their primary 
         missions during periods of active hostility with Iran.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2026

 Mr. Gallego submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
      the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the law enforcement agents and 
  other personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department of 
    Homeland Security, who have been temporarily engaging in civil 
immigration enforcement operations, should be returned to their primary 
         missions during periods of active hostility with Iran.

Whereas, on June 22, 2025, following United States strikes on Iranian nuclear 
        facilities, the Department of Homeland Security issued a National 
        Terrorism Advisory System bulletin that stated the ongoing conflict has 
        caused a heightened threat environment in the United States;
Whereas, on February 28, 2026, the United States initiated hostilities with the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran;
Whereas, following the February 28, 2026, strikes, United States national 
        security departments and agencies have acknowledged that the recent 
        operation has significantly increased the risk of terrorism in the 
        United States and abroad;
Whereas the Trump administration has diverted thousands of Federal law 
        enforcement agents and personnel who keep Americans safe, including one 
        quarter of all Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, personnel working 
        on a major joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        and Homeland Security Investigations into illicit Iranian oil shipments, 
        Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency specialists who protect 
        critical infrastructure from foreign cyberattacks, and personnel at the 
        Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 
        and redeployed them to conduct civil immigration enforcement without 
        strategic justification or operational need;
Whereas, in a world of finite resources, an agent focused on arresting 
        immigrants with no criminal history necessarily means one fewer agent is 
        available to prevent a terrorist attack;
Whereas, reports suggest that days before the United States initiated 
        hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation fired agents and personnel from a counterintelligence unit 
        tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, and reports indicate plans to 
        cut its Cyber Division staff by half;
Whereas many of the reassigned and laid off personnel had been focused on 
        thwarting terrorist attacks;
Whereas the Trump administration appointed a recent college graduate with no 
        relevant experience to lead the Center for Prevention Programs and 
        Partnerships of the Department of Homeland Security, the entity that 
        supports terrorism and targeted violence prevention planning, before 
        gutting the Center entirely; and
Whereas these actions, in the aggregate, put Americans at greater risk of a 
        retaliatory terrorist attack: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the law 
enforcement agents and other personnel of the Department of Justice and 
the Department of Homeland Security, whose primary mission focus is 
counterterrorism, cybersecurity, or counterintelligence and who, since 
January 20, 2025, have been placed on temporary duty, detail, or 
otherwise reassigned, whether on a full-time or part-time basis, to 
engage in civil immigration enforcement operations, should be returned 
to their primary missions during periods of active hostility with Iran 
and other state-sponsors of terror.
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