; Whereas, in May 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested 239,416 illegal immigrants along the international border between the United States and Mexico, which is the highest number of arrests ever recorded in a single month; Whereas President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request aims to shift the Department of Homeland Security’s border management away from enforcement and toward effectively managing irregular migration along the Southwest border ; Whereas, in November 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott— (1) declared a state of invasion at the southern border; and (2) increased security at the border to protect the state of Texas by invoking— (A) section 10 of article I of the Constitution of the United States; and (B) the invasion clauses in the Texas Constitution; Whereas, in March 2023, at a hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives , U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told lawmakers that the Department of Homeland Security did not have operational control of the border; Whereas, in March 2023, at a hearing of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate , Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stated that he does not use the statutory definition of operational control under section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–367 ; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note) when asked if the Department of Homeland Security had operational control of the border; Whereas, on January 6, 2023, the Biden Administration abused its parole authority under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5) ) to create a new parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela; Whereas, on April 27, 2023, the Biden Administration further abused its parole authority by creating a new family reunification parole process, which grants parole to entire categories of aliens rather than granting parole on a case-by-case basis, as required under such section 212(d)(5)