; and (B) there was a 65-percent increase in the maternal mortality rate. (7) Violent crime in Venezuela has risen sharply and the Venezuelan Violence Observatory, an independent nongovernmental organization, calculated the national per capita murder rate to be 89 per 100,000 people in 2017. (8) According to Citizens Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, Caracas was the most dangerous capital city in the world in 2017, with 111 murders per 100,000 residents. (9) According to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner— (A) Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have increasingly used arbitrary arrests and detentions to repress and intimidate civil society, political opponents, and any voices of dissent; and (B) between 2015 and 2017, at least 505 people including 24 children, were executed by Venezuelan security forces, leading the International Criminal Court prosecutor to announce a preliminary investigation into the use of excessive force in Venezuela. (10) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated, The failure to hold security forces accountable for such serious human rights violations suggests that the rule of law is virtually absent in Venezuela. . (11) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 1,500,000 Venezuelans have fled the country for reasons including violence, political oppression, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) Venezuela’s economic, humanitarian, security, and refugee crisis has resulted in extraordinary and temporary conditions that currently prevent Venezuelan nationals from safely returning to Venezuela