Bill Text: TX HCR154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR154 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HCR154-Introduced.html
  86R24000 KSM-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 154
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, In an increasingly complex global economy,
  transnational labor mobility is crucial to the prosperity of the
  United States, but our rigid, outmoded immigration policies are
  making it difficult for the nation to compete; and
         WHEREAS, The United States Congress last enacted major
  immigration legislation more than a quarter century ago; since that
  time, piecemeal attempts at reform have failed to create the kind of
  rational and effective system we need to maintain competitiveness,
  whether in industries like agriculture, construction, and
  manufacturing, which require large numbers of workers able to
  perform physically demanding tasks, or in technology, where there
  is increasing demand for employees with advanced degrees in math
  and science; and
         WHEREAS, The U.S. is home to millions of unauthorized
  immigrants, including children brought to this country illegally
  who have grown up here and know no other home; a commonsense road
  map to earned legal status for these residents would create
  additional tax revenue and stimulate the economy by allowing them
  to open bank accounts, obtain college degrees, buy homes, establish
  new American companies, and create jobs; and
         WHEREAS, A rational overhaul of the immigration system
  requires a tough, fair, and practical program to address the status
  of unauthorized immigrants, stopping real threats and contingent on
  bringing accountability to border enforcement programs, providing
  additional funding for border communities that bear a
  disproportionate burden in the enforcement of immigration laws, and
  addressing visa overstays; federal policy must also be designed to
  develop a guest worker program to respond to the future labor needs
  of U.S. business by matching willing workers with willing American
  employers; and
         WHEREAS, National security and our national interests are
  poorly served by an embattled immigration system, and patchwork
  attempts to mend its deficiencies undermine our potential for
  prosperity and leave us ill-prepared to meet the challenges of the
  modern world; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to pass
  comprehensive immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship
  for undocumented immigrants; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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