; Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has apprehended 50 people since October 1, 2021, along the international border between the United States and Mexico who are listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ terrorist screening database; Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested more than 10,800 illegal aliens during fiscal year 2023 who have been convicted of 1 or more crimes in the United States or abroad, including— (1) 225 convicted sexual criminals; (2) 24 who were convicted of homicide or manslaughter; (3) 232 who were convicted of illegal weapons possession, transport, or trafficking; (4) 644 who were convicted of burglary, robbery, larceny, theft, or fraud; and (5) 924 who were convicted of assault, battery, or domestic violence; Whereas, during fiscal year 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized— (1) 14,599 pounds of fentanyl; (2) 1,871 pounds of heroin; (3) 175,410 pounds of methamphetamine; (4) 70,293 pounds of cocaine; and (5) 13,755 pounds of ketamine; Whereas provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there were 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15 percent from the estimated 93,655 deaths in 2020, with overdose deaths involving opioids increasing from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to an estimated 80,816 in 2021, and overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl), psychostimulants (such as methamphetamine), and cocaine also increasing during 2021; Whereas clause 1 of section 10 of article I of the United States Constitution states, in part, No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. ; Whereas section 4 of article IV of the United States Constitution states, in part, The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion