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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Immigration and Nationality Act provides the 
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United States Attorney General may cancel removal of and adjust 
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to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
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residence, an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the 
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United States, if the alien establishes that removal would 
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result in exceptional and extremely unusual
hardship to the 
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alien's spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the 
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United
States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
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residence; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Immigration judges and the Board of Immigration 
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Appeals are denying cancellation of removal cases because in 
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their discretion they are determining that the hardship 
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requirement is not met as it pertains to citizen children and 
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are in essence deporting these citizen children with their 
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parents; and
 

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    WHEREAS, These determinations by the immigration judges 
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are discretionary and therefore are not subject to review in a 
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federal court; and
 

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    WHEREAS, United States citizens have been writing their 
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Congressmen and women to urge the United States Congress to 
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support an amendment to section 240A(b) of the Immigration and 
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Nationality Act to provide for an automatic finding of hardship 
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as it pertains to United States citizen children; therefore, be 
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it
 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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request that the United States Congress order an accounting on 
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behalf of United States citizen children from the Department of 
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Justice of how many applications for cancellation of removal 
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under section 240A(b) of the Immigrant and Nationality Act have 
 


 






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been filed since 1996; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That we request that the United States Congress 
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inquire how many applicants for cancellation of removal were 
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denied; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That we request that the United States Congress 
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inquire how many United States citizen children have been 
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affected by denials; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That we request that the United States Congress 
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request a breakdown of the countries of origin of the 
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applicants; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to 
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each member of the Illinois Congressional delegation.