Full Text of HR0577 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On December 20, 2019, the Trump Administration | 3 | | announced the Migrant
Protection Protocols, a policy that | 4 | | denies entry into the United States to refugees coming to the
| 5 | | Southern border seeking protection from persecution, harm, and | 6 | | torture in their home
countries; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Since that date, more than 52,000 persons, | 8 | | including adults and children, have been
denied entry and | 9 | | forced to remain in Mexico, in very dangerous conditions, to | 10 | | await their court
hearings that are sometimes many months away; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Refugees are being forced into squalid and | 13 | | inhumane conditions where they are
living without clean or | 14 | | running water, without food or shelter, and without access to | 15 | | health care,
diapers, and basic needs; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Trump Administration's racist and inhumane | 17 | | actions, denying entry to the most
vulnerable, have tragic life | 18 | | or death consequences; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Tent courts have been set up along the border, and | 20 | | refugees have no meaningful
access to a fair hearing, due | 21 | | process, or legal counsel when forced to remain in Mexico; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is a welcoming state and has | 2 | | taken important steps to ensure
that immigrants are safe, | 3 | | protected, and able to live with dignity and respect; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, History has shown that executive decisions about | 5 | | immigration, refugees, and asylum
seekers have life or death | 6 | | consequences that may go unrecognized for far too long; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Most of the refugees forced to wait in Mexico have | 8 | | family in the United States,
including in Illinois, where they | 9 | | can live safely as they undergo their court proceedings; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The United States and the State of Illinois in | 11 | | particular have welcomed, supported,
and protected people of | 12 | | all races, ethnicities, religions, and nationality, in | 13 | | compliance with
human rights principles and domestic and | 14 | | international law; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we condemn President Donald J. Trump's Migrant Protection | 18 | | Protocols
denying entry to refugees at the Southern border and | 19 | | call on him to immediately rescind this
abhorrent policy that | 20 | | is placing vulnerable people at further risk of harm, and we | 21 | | call on the U.S.
Congress to put an end to the Migrant |
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| 1 | | Protection Protocols by defunding the program in its
upcoming | 2 | | budget vote before the end of this calendar year; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | 6 | | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | 7 | | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | 8 | | Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | 9 | | Delegation.
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