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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, According to the Pew Hispanic Center, there were
3		11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United
4		States in 2011; and
5		WHEREAS, Deportations have reached record levels under
6		President Obama, rising to an annual average of nearly 400,000
7		since 2009; and
8		WHEREAS, According to United States Representatives Raul
9		M. Grijalva and Yvette Clarke, although the Obama
10		Administration reportedly prioritized deporting only
11		criminals, many individuals with no serious criminal history
12		consistently have been deported; and
13		WHEREAS, Increased deportations and a continuously broken
14		immigration system exacerbate the living conditions of United
15		States citizen children whose parents have been deported; and
16		WHEREAS, Separation of children from their parents,
17		irrespective of immigration status, always results in severe
18		consequences for young children who are left with no parental
19		guidance or care and a highly unstable financial situation; and
20		WHEREAS, As immigration continues to be at the center of a

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1		national debate, President Obama and Congress must implement a
2		more humanitarian immigration policy that keeps families
3		together; and
4		WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to over 2 million
5		immigrants, of which approximately 425,000 to 625,000 are
6		unauthorized to live in the United States; and
7		WHEREAS, Many members of Congress recently signed a letter
8		requesting that President Obama suspend any further
9		deportations; and
10		WHEREAS, Since Illinois is home to a large number of
11		unauthorized immigrants from all parts of the world, this state
12		should make it a priority to keep families together and
13		continue to press President Obama and Congress for a solution
14		to our broken federal immigration system; therefore, be it
15		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16		NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17		urge President Barack Obama to take executive action to suspend
18		any further deportations of unauthorized individuals with no
19		serious criminal history; and be it further
20		RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent
21		to the President and Vice President of the United States, the

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1		Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the
2		Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and the members of
3		the Illinois congressional delegation.