1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 398 |
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2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 26, 2014, forty-three college students |
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3 | 3 | | from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa, |
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4 | 4 | | Guerrero, Mexico, disappeared in Iguala, Mexico; and |
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5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Ayotzinapa students were mostly teenagers and |
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6 | 6 | | young men from poor, rural, campesino families who were training |
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7 | 7 | | to become rural teachers and serve the indigenous and |
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8 | 8 | | disadvantaged in their community; and |
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9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, It has been estimated that 25,000 to 26,000 people |
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10 | 10 | | have disappeared in Mexico since 2006, and those who disappear |
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11 | 11 | | often include the very vulnerable, such as the poor, migrants, |
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12 | 12 | | women, and children; and |
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13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, There has been an international outcry regarding |
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14 | 14 | | the missing students in Mexico from, among others, the United |
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15 | 15 | | Nations, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the European |
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16 | 16 | | Parliament, and the international human rights community; and |
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17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Parents of the Ayotzinapa students are visiting |
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18 | 18 | | Austin on March 18, 19, and 20, 2015, as part of the Caravana 43 |
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19 | 19 | | and will also visit several other cities in the United States; and |
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20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas adds its voice |
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21 | 21 | | to those in the international community who are deeply |
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22 | 22 | | concerned about the missing college students from Mexico; |
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23 | 23 | | now, therefore, be it |
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24 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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25 | 25 | | Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the grieving |
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26 | 26 | | families of the missing students from Ayotzinapa; and, be it |
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27 | 27 | | further |
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28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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29 | 29 | | the families of those students as an expression of deepest |
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30 | 30 | | sympathy from the Texas Senate. |
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31 | 31 | | Garcia |
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32 | 32 | | Bettencourt Hancock Rodríguez Bettencourt Hancock Rodríguez |
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33 | 33 | | Bettencourt Hancock Rodríguez |
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34 | 34 | | Birdwell Hinojosa Schwertner Birdwell Hinojosa Schwertner |
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35 | 35 | | Birdwell Hinojosa Schwertner |
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36 | 36 | | Burton Huffines Seliger Burton Huffines Seliger |
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37 | 37 | | Burton Huffines Seliger |
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38 | 38 | | Campbell Huffman Taylor of Galveston Campbell Huffman Taylor of Galveston |
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39 | 39 | | Campbell Huffman Taylor of Galveston |
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40 | 40 | | Creighton Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin Creighton Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin |
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41 | 41 | | Creighton Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin |
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42 | 42 | | Ellis Lucio Uresti Ellis Lucio Uresti |
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43 | 43 | | Ellis Lucio Uresti |
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44 | 44 | | Eltife Menéndez Watson Eltife Menéndez Watson |
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45 | 45 | | Eltife Menéndez Watson |
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46 | 46 | | Estes Nelson West Estes Nelson West |
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47 | 47 | | Estes Nelson West |
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48 | 48 | | Fraser Nichols Whitmire Fraser Nichols Whitmire |
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49 | 49 | | Fraser Nichols Whitmire |
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50 | 50 | | Hall Perry Zaffirini Hall Perry Zaffirini |
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51 | 51 | | Hall Perry Zaffirini |
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52 | 52 | | Patrick, President of the Senate |
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53 | 53 | | ________________________________ |
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54 | 54 | | President of the Senate |
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55 | 55 | | I hereby certify that the |
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56 | 56 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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57 | 57 | | the Senate on March 19, 2015, by a |
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58 | 58 | | rising vote. |
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59 | 59 | | ________________________________ |
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60 | 60 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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61 | 61 | | ________________________________ |
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62 | 62 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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63 | 63 | | |
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64 | 64 | | Bettencourt Hancock Rodríguez |
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65 | 65 | | |
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66 | 66 | | Birdwell Hinojosa Schwertner |
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67 | 67 | | |
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68 | 68 | | Burton Huffines Seliger |
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69 | 69 | | |
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70 | 70 | | Campbell Huffman Taylor of Galveston |
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71 | 71 | | |
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72 | 72 | | Creighton Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin |
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73 | 73 | | |
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74 | 74 | | Ellis Lucio Uresti |
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75 | 75 | | |
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76 | 76 | | Eltife Menéndez Watson |
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77 | 77 | | |
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78 | 78 | | Estes Nelson West |
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79 | 79 | | |
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80 | 80 | | Fraser Nichols Whitmire |
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81 | 81 | | |
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82 | 82 | | Hall Perry Zaffirini |
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