IL HR0181

Urges President Donald Trump to cease plans to build a wall on the southern border between the United States and Mexico.

Urges Congress to refuse any appropriation to fund construction of a wall along the southern border.

Cites economic concerns, noting Mexico is the third largest import market for the U.S. with $295 billion in U.S. imports in 2015 and $13 billion in Illinois imports in 2015, and that a 20% tariff to fund the wall would burden American consumers.

Identifies environmental threats including potential negative impacts on 111 endangered species, 108 migratory bird species, four wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and protected wetlands, plus greenhouse gas emissions from cement production.

Notes that illegal immigration flows have fallen to their lowest level in at least two decades and that walls have historically proven ineffective.