| 1 | 1 | | 82R28180 CBE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hartnett, Sheets, Aliseda, Riddle, H.C.R. No. 158 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Anchia, et al. |
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| 6 | 6 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, The United States is a nation of immigrants who have |
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| 8 | 8 | | built the greatest democracy in the history of mankind; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The United States at many times during its history |
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| 10 | 10 | | has allowed noncitizens to earn citizenship through honorable |
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| 11 | 11 | | service in its armed forces; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Thousands of undocumented children have received a |
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| 13 | 13 | | high school degree in Texas and are eager to serve in the United |
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| 14 | 14 | | States armed forces, but are ineligible because they were brought |
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| 15 | 15 | | to the United States illegally; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Approximately 40,000 noncitizens with visas or |
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| 17 | 17 | | green cards are currently serving loyally in the United States |
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| 18 | 18 | | armed forces; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Many noncitizens serving in the United States armed |
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| 20 | 20 | | forces have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan during the |
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| 21 | 21 | | last 10 years; now, therefore, be it |
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| 22 | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | hereby respectfully urge the federal government to grant a |
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| 24 | 24 | | conditional green card to noncitizens who (1) have received a high |
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| 25 | 25 | | school diploma in the United States, and (2) arrived in this country |
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| 26 | 26 | | before the age of 16, to allow them to enlist in the United States |
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| 27 | 27 | | armed forces, if otherwise qualified; and, be it further |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature urge the federal |
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| 29 | 29 | | government to award citizenship to these patriotic immigrants upon |
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| 30 | 30 | | the completion of four years of honorable service in the United |
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| 31 | 31 | | States armed forces; and, be it further |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 33 | 33 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 34 | 34 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 35 | 35 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, to the secretary of |
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| 36 | 36 | | defense, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress |
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| 37 | 37 | | with the request that this resolution be entered in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United |
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| 39 | 39 | | States of America. |
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