Full Text of HR0838 94th General Assembly
HR0838 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The United States of America was founded by | 3 |
| immigrants who traveled from around the world to seek a better | 4 |
| life; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States has an undocumented population | 6 |
| of 11 million immigrants, including half a million in Illinois; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Illinois immigrants fill key roles in our economy | 9 |
| such as paying taxes, including contributions to Social | 10 |
| Security that they cannot receive back, raising families, and | 11 |
| contributing to our schools, churches, neighborhoods, and | 12 |
| communities; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Our current immigration system contributes to | 14 |
| long backlogs, labor abuses, countless deaths on the border, | 15 |
| and vigilante violence and is in dire need of reform to meet | 16 |
| the challenges of the 21st century; and
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| WHEREAS, Any comprehensive reform must involve a path to | 18 |
| citizenship for these hardworking immigrants, as well as | 19 |
| reunification of families and a safe and orderly process for | 20 |
| enabling willing immigrant workers to fill essential jobs in | 21 |
| our economy and ensure full labor rights; and
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| WHEREAS, The immigration initiative severely punishes | 23 |
| illegal employment practices while creating a path to earned | 24 |
| permanent legal status for individuals who have been working in | 25 |
| the United States, paying taxes, obeying the law, and learning | 26 |
| English, and protecting workers by ensuring the right to change | 27 |
| jobs, join a union, and report abusive employment situations; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, Modernizing our antiquated and dysfunctional |
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| immigration system will uphold our nation's basic values of | 2 |
| fairness, equal opportunity, and respect for the law; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we urge the Illinois Congressional Delegation and all of | 7 |
| Congress to support "The Secure America and Orderly Immigration | 8 |
| Act of 2005" (S.1033 and H.R.2330), which allows every | 9 |
| hardworking, law-abiding individual to achieve the American | 10 |
| Dream; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 12 |
| the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of | 13 |
| Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Majority and | 14 |
| Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | 15 |
| Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House | 16 |
| of Representatives, and each member of the Illinois | 17 |
| Congressional Delegation.
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