| 1 | 1 | | StateofVermont |
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| 2 | 2 | | HouseofRepresentatives |
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| 3 | 3 | | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 4 | 4 | | HouseResolution |
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| 5 | 5 | | H.R.8 |
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| 6 | 6 | | OfferedbyRepresentativesColeofHartford,ArsenaultofWilliston,Austin |
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| 7 | 7 | | ofColchester,BartholomewofHartland,BerbecoofWinooski,Bishopof |
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| 8 | 8 | | Colchester,BlackofEssex,BluemleofBurlington,Bos-LunofWestminster, |
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| 9 | 9 | | BradyofWilliston,BrownofRichmond,BurkeofBrattleboro,Burkhardtof |
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| 10 | 10 | | SouthBurlington,BurrowsofWestWindsor,BurttofCabot,CampbellofSt. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Johnsbury,Carris-DuncanofWhitingham,CaseyofMontpelier,Chapinof |
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| 12 | 12 | | EastMontpelier,ChristieofHartford,CinaofBurlington,ConlonofCornwall, |
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| 13 | 13 | | CooperofPownal,CordesofBristol,CritchlowofColchester,Dodgeof |
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| 14 | 14 | | Essex,DolanofEssexJunction,DonahueofNorthfield,DukeofBurlington, |
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| 15 | 15 | | DurfeeofShaftsbury,EastesofGuilford,EmmonsofSpringfield,Feltusof |
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| 16 | 16 | | Lyndon,GarofanoofEssex,GoldmanofRockingham,Goodnowof |
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| 17 | 17 | | Brattleboro,GraningofJericho,GreerofBennington,HarpleofGlover, |
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| 18 | 18 | | HarrisonofChittenden,HeadrickofBurlington,HolcombeofNorwich, |
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| 19 | 19 | | HooperofRandolph,HooperofBurlington,HoughtonofEssexJunction, |
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| 20 | 20 | | HowardofRutlandCity,HunterofManchester,JamesofManchester,Kimbell |
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| 21 | 21 | | ofWoodstock,KleppnerofBurlington,KornheiserofBrattleboro,Krasnowof |
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| 22 | 22 | | SouthBurlington,KrowinskiofBurlington,LalleyofShelburne,LaLondeof |
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| 23 | 23 | | SouthBurlington,LaMontofMorristown,LipskyofStowe,Loganof |
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| 24 | 24 | | Burlington,LongofNewfane,MaslandofThetford,McCannofMontpelier, |
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| 25 | 25 | | McGillofBridport,MihalyofCalais,MinierofSouthBurlington,Morrisof |
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| 26 | 26 | | Springfield,MorrowofWeston,MrowickiofPutney,NelsonofDerby,Nigro |
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| 27 | 27 | | ofBennington,NoyesofWolcott,O’BrienofTunbridge,OdeofBurlington, |
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| 28 | 28 | | OlsonofStarksboro,PezzoofColchester,PouechofHinesburg,Priestleyof |
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| 29 | 29 | | Bradford,RachelsonofBurlington,SatcowitzofRandolph,Scheuof |
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| 30 | 30 | | Middlebury,SheldonofMiddlebury,SibiliaofDover,SquirrellofUnderhill, |
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| 31 | 31 | | StevensofWaterbury,StoneofBurlington,SurprenantofBarnard,Sweeney |
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| 32 | 32 | | ofShelburne,TomlinsonofWinooski,TorreofMoretown,WaszazakofBarre |
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| 33 | 33 | | City,WatersEvansofCharlotte,WhiteofWaitsfield,WhiteofBethel,Wood |
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| 34 | 34 | | ofWaterbury,andYacovoneofMorristown |
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| 35 | 35 | | Houseresolutionstronglyobjectingtothemannerandcircumstancesunder |
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| 36 | 36 | | whichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsenMahdawi |
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| 37 | 37 | | andstronglyadvocatingthathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelawand |
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| 38 | 38 | | releasedimmediatelyfromdetention |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas,MohsenMahdawiisaresidentofWhiteRiverJunctionandhas |
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| 40 | 40 | | beenaU.S.permanentresident(greencardholder)forthepastdecade,and |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas,onMonday,April14,2025,inthebeliefthathewastoparticipate |
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| 42 | 42 | | inhisfinalinterviewforU.S.citizenship,MohsenMahdawiarrivedattheU.S. |
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| 43 | 43 | | immigrationofficeinColchester,and Whereas,insteadofcommencingtheinterview,armedimmigration |
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| 44 | 44 | | authoritiesinplainclotheswithfacescoveredarrestedMohsenMahdawiand |
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| 45 | 45 | | refusedtoprovideanyinformationregardingwherehewasbeingtakenor |
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| 46 | 46 | | whatwouldhappentohim,and |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas,inajointstatementthatU.S.SenatorsSandersandWelchand |
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| 48 | 48 | | U.S.RepresentativeBalintreleased,theydescribedthisactionas“immoral, |
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| 49 | 49 | | inhumane,andillegal,”and |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas,Vermont’sthreefederallegislatorsalsodemandedthatMohsen |
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| 51 | 51 | | Mahdawibeafforded“dueprocessunderthelawandimmediatelyreleased |
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| 52 | 52 | | fromdetention,”nowthereforebeit |
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| 53 | 53 | | ResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives: |
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| 54 | 54 | | Thatthislegislativebodystronglyobjectstothemannerandcircumstances |
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| 55 | 55 | | underwhichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsen |
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| 56 | 56 | | Mahdawiandstronglyadvocatethathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelaw |
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| 57 | 57 | | andreleasedimmediatelyfromdetention,andbeitfurther |
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| 58 | 58 | | Resolved:ThattheClerkoftheHousebedirectedtosendacopyofthis |
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| 59 | 59 | | resolutiontoU.S.SecretaryofHomelandSecurityKristiNoem,Immigration |
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| 60 | 60 | | andCustomsEnforcementActingDirectorToddLyons,andtheVermont |
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| 61 | 61 | | CongressionalDelegation. |
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