| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 68 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, For more than five decades, Albert Armendariz |
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| 6 | 6 | | Jr. has rendered exceptional service to the city of El Paso in his |
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| 7 | 7 | | capacity as an immigration and naturalization attorney; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A 1970 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin |
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| 9 | 9 | | School of Law, Mr. Armendariz is a principal of Albert Armendariz, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Jr., Attorney at Law, PC, which is a partner in the Law Offices of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Armendariz & Holguin; through the years, he has practiced |
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| 12 | 12 | | extensively in the area of federal immigration law, with an |
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| 13 | 13 | | emphasis on immigration through family relationships, deportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | defense, acquired and derivative U.S. citizenship, and federal |
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| 15 | 15 | | court litigation; he has further distinguished himself by speaking |
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| 16 | 16 | | at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting and the Conference on |
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| 17 | 17 | | Immigration and Nationality Law, held by UT Law Continuing Legal |
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| 18 | 18 | | Education; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Armendariz has been honored as the Outstanding |
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| 20 | 20 | | Senior Lawyer by the El Paso Young Lawyers Association, and in 2009, |
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| 21 | 21 | | he received the inaugural Albert Armendariz Jr. Lifetime |
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| 22 | 22 | | Achievement Award from the Mexican American Bar Association of El |
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| 23 | 23 | | Paso; he is a member and a past president of both that entity and the |
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| 24 | 24 | | El Paso Association of Immigration Practitioners; moreover, he |
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| 25 | 25 | | belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers and El Paso Bar |
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| 26 | 26 | | Associations, is involved with the National Lawyers Guild National |
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| 27 | 27 | | Immigration Project, and is a former board chair for the Immigrant |
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| 28 | 28 | | and Refugee Rights Project of the Texas Lawyers' Committee for |
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| 29 | 29 | | Civil Rights Under Law; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Through his steadfast commitment to the immigrant |
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| 31 | 31 | | community, Albert Armendariz has benefited the lives of countless |
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| 32 | 32 | | individuals and families in El Paso and beyond, and it is a pleasure |
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| 33 | 33 | | to join in recognizing him for his myriad contributions; now, |
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| 34 | 34 | | therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby commend Albert Armendariz |
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| 37 | 37 | | Jr. for his many years of dedicated service as an immigration and |
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| 38 | 38 | | naturalization lawyer and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 39 | 39 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 41 | | prepared for Mr. Armendariz as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 42 | 42 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Ortega |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 68 was adopted by the House on |
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| 47 | 47 | | December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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