Gohmert announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he’d filed a resolution on the issue. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has been excoriated on social media for suggesting that March 31, Cesar Chavez’s birthday, be declared “National Border Control Day.”Today I filed a resolution that would declare Cesar Chavez's Birthday: "National Border Control Day." Cesar Chavez is a hero to millions. He was also concerned about companies hiring undocumented immigrants as scabs in efforts to break union strikes. His supporters say, however, that Chavez sought to promote and protect the rights of undocumented immigrants working on farms in those earlier years.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2018 14:37 UTC