Full Text of HR0587 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 5, 2017, President Trump and Attorney | 3 | | General Jeff Sessions announced the end the Deferred Action for | 4 | | Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In his announcement, Attorney General Sessions | 6 | | misled and mischaracterized those benefiting from the DACA | 7 | | program, as well as immigrant communities in general; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Information released on September 5, 2017 from | 9 | | United States Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) | 10 | | states that they expect young people who benefited
from DACA to | 11 | | use the remaining time on their work permits to "prepare and
| 12 | | arrange for their departure" to return to their countries of | 13 | | birth;
and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Hundreds of community members, educational | 15 | | institutions, political leaders
from both parties, and | 16 | | religious and business leaders publicly advocated against the
| 17 | | end of DACA; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, DACA benefited young people who came to the United | 19 | | States before the age of 16, giving them a chance to study or | 20 | | to work if they meet certain criteria; this criteria includes | 21 | | age limits, physical presence in the United States, educational |
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| 1 | | requirements, and no serious criminal convictions; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Since 2012, over 800,000 immigrants in the United | 3 | | States and more than 41,000 in Illinois have received work | 4 | | permits and temporary protection from deportation through the | 5 | | DACA program; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, A 2016 report by the Center for American Progress | 7 | | states that more than 60% of DACA recipients achieved financial | 8 | | independence, and 61% reported helping their families; in | 9 | | addition, DACA recipients reported increased earnings by an | 10 | | average of 42%, and 70% of those in school with DACA are | 11 | | pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ending the DACA program will have life-changing | 13 | | and even tragic life-or-death consequences; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The end of DACA is detrimental to individuals, | 15 | | families, and to the interests of residents of the State of | 16 | | Illinois; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois values and respects the | 18 | | inherent worth of every person, regardless of immigration | 19 | | status, and welcomes the cultural and economic contributions of | 20 | | DACA recipients and their families; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | call on President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of | 4 | | Homeland Security
to preserve protections under DACA and to | 5 | | uphold the values of the United States and
the State of | 6 | | Illinois of providing protection to vulnerable young people who | 7 | | have lived
much of their lives in the United States, attended | 8 | | school in the United States, and
made the United States their | 9 | | home; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the Majority | 12 | | and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker | 13 | | and Minority Leader of the United States House of | 14 | | Representatives, the Acting Director of the U.S. Department of | 15 | | Homeland Security, the Attorney General of the United States, | 16 | | and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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