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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is in the interest of the State of Illinois to | ||||||
| 3 | keep communities safe and to encourage crimes to be reported; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Through information gathered from law enforcement | ||||||
| 6 | participation in programs like "Secure Communities", 62% of | ||||||
| 7 | people targeted have committed no crime or a minor infraction | ||||||
| 8 | with no serious threat to public safety or national security; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security has been | ||||||
| 11 | arresting victims of and witnesses to crimes; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, There has been a drop in the reporting of violent | ||||||
| 13 | crimes in the wake of United States Immigration and Customs | ||||||
| 14 | Enforcement (ICE) targeting the victims and witnesses of crimes | ||||||
| 15 | due to their immigration status; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, The use of State resources for the purpose of | ||||||
| 17 | enforcing federal immigration law is voluntary; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Restrictions on spending State resources to | ||||||
| 19 | enforce immigration law does not hinder the prosecution of | ||||||
| 20 | those who break the law, whatever their immigration status; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security issues | ||||||
| 2 | detainers without probable cause and does not allow for | ||||||
| 3 | channels for individuals to challenge the detainers; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security has issued | ||||||
| 5 | detainers against U.S. citizens and long-term permanent | ||||||
| 6 | residents; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, These procedures violate the Fourth and Fifth | ||||||
| 8 | Amendments of the United States Constitution; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, The federal government will not indemnify the | ||||||
| 10 | State for costs and liabilities incurred as a result of | ||||||
| 11 | enforcing federal immigration law; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Illinois is currently suffering through a budget | ||||||
| 13 | crisis; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Undocumented immigrants contribute $758 million | ||||||
| 15 | dollars in taxes to the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Six percent of Illinois family households include | ||||||
| 17 | at least one undocumented immigrant; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, 126,000 families with native born children have at | ||||||
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| 1 | least one undocumented parent; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The fear of deportation of family members leads | ||||||
| 3 | children to fear attending school; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, It is in the interest of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | that children remain in school and receive the best education | ||||||
| 6 | possible; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, A policy that will encourage children to remain in | ||||||
| 8 | school and residents to report criminal activity without fear | ||||||
| 9 | of deportation is beneficial for the health and welfare of the | ||||||
| 10 | State of Illinois and its residents; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the State of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois to cease expending State resources on enforcement of | ||||||
| 14 | federal immigration law.
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