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US SR638
Resolution
AI Summary
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Senate resolution calling for DOJ and DHS personnel focused on counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and counterintelligence to be returned from immigration enforcement duties to their primary missions during active hostilities with Iran and other state sponsors of terror
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References U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22, 2025, and initiation of hostilities with Iran on February 28, 2026, which DHS stated created a heightened domestic terrorism threat
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Cites diversion of thousands of federal law enforcement agents to immigration enforcement since January 20, 2025, including one quarter of all FBI agents, personnel investigating illicit Iranian oil shipments, and CISA cybersecurity specialists
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Notes FBI fired agents from a counterintelligence unit monitoring Iranian threats days before hostilities began, with plans to cut Cyber Division staff by half
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Non-binding "sense of the Senate" resolution with no legal force; referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2026
Legislative Description
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the law enforcement agents and other personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, who have been temporarily engaging in civil immigration enforcement operations, should be returned to their primary missions during periods of active hostility with Iran.
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S1015)
3/11/2026