Bill Text: CA AJR49 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Immigration: deportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2014. [AJR49 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AJR49-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AJR 49	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  169
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Hall, and V. Manuel Pérez)

                        JULY 2, 2014

   Relative to immigration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 49, Gonzalez. Immigration: deportation.
   This measure would urge President Obama to take executive action
to suspend any further deportations of legalization-eligible
individuals with no serious criminal history.



   WHEREAS, According to the Pew Hispanic Center, in 2011, there were
11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States;
and
   WHEREAS, Deportations have reached record levels under President
Obama, rising to an annual average of nearly 400,000 since 2009; and
   WHEREAS, According to Members of Congress Raul M. Grijalva and
Yvette Clarke, although the Obama Administration reportedly
prioritized deporting only criminals, many individuals with no
serious criminal history consistently have been deported; and
   WHEREAS, Increased deportations and a continuously broken
immigration system exacerbate the living conditions of United States
citizen children whose parents have been deported; and
   WHEREAS, Separation of children from their parents, irrespective
of immigration status, always results in severe consequences for
young children, who are often left with no parental guidance or care
and a highly unstable financial situation; and
   WHEREAS, As immigration continues to be at the center of a
national debate, President Obama and Congress must implement a more
humanitarian immigration policy that keeps families together; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to approximately 10.3 million
immigrants of which approximately 2.6 million are not authorized to
live in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Many Members of Congress recently signed a letter
requesting President Obama to suspend any further deportations; and
   WHEREAS, Since California is home to a large number of
unauthorized immigrants from all parts of the world, this state
should make it a priority to keep families together and continue to
press President Obama and Congress for a solution to our broken
federal immigration system; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature urges President Obama to
take executive action to suspend any further deportations of
legalization-eligible individuals with no serious criminal history;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and to each
Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the
United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.