Whereas the Biden administration brazenly eliminated effective and lawful Trump administration immigration enforcement policies, directly leading to the worst border crisis in the history of the Nation and affecting every State; Whereas the Biden administration’s failed border policies have resulted in an exponential rise in illegal alien encounters, totaling more than 9,300,000 in less than 4 years; Whereas over 1,800,000 known gotaways have crossed the border illegally and evaded apprehension, with the administration having no idea of their identity, whereabouts, or intent; Whereas at least 362 individuals on the terrorist watch list have been apprehended trying to illegally enter the country between ports of entry since fiscal year 2021; Whereas fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are pouring into the United States, forcing local police departments to issue naloxone, a lifesaving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, to every officer; Whereas the suffering endured by the American people from the unprecedented rise in dangerous crime and historic levels of drug-related deaths is the direct result of an unsecured border; Whereas elected Democrats from Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington, DC, have declared states of emergency as a result of the border crisis; Whereas Democrat-led sanctuary cities have slashed city budgets, including funding for law enforcement; Whereas law enforcement officers in the United States have suffered through calls by politicians and activists to defund the police and are now suffering from historically low levels of recruitment and morale as a result of these attacks to their profession; Whereas migrant gangs, such as the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, actively recruit newly arrived illegal aliens into theft rings and criminal networks