An original resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States possesses legal authority under existing law to take immediate and necessary action to secure the southwest border of the United States.

This resolution states that the President already has the legal authority to secure the southern border of the United States. It also encourages the President and the Department of Homeland Security to use that authority to make sure people enter the country in an orderly and legal way, to discourage illegal immigration, and to protect national security.

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