| 1 | 1 | | VTLEG#382843v.1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | StateofVermont |
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| 3 | 3 | | SenateChamber |
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| 4 | 4 | | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 5 | 5 | | SenateResolution |
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| 6 | 6 | | OfferedbySenatorsWhite,Baruth,Beck,Bongartz,Brennan,Brock,Chittenden, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Clarkson,Collamore,Cummings,Gulick,Hardy,Harrison,Hashim,Lyons,Major,Mattos, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Perchlik,Plunkett,RamHinsdale,Vyhovsky,WatsonandWestman, |
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| 9 | 9 | | S.R.13.Senateresolutionrelatingtostronglyobjectingtothemannerand |
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| 10 | 10 | | circumstancesunderwhichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsen |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mahdawiandstronglyadvocatingthathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelawand |
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| 12 | 12 | | releasedimmediatelyfromdetention. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Whereas,MohsenMahdawiisaresidentofWhiteRiverJunctionandhasbeenaU.S. |
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| 14 | 14 | | permanentresident(greencardholder)forthepastdecade,and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas,onMonday,April14,2025,inthebeliefthathewastoparticipateinhisfinal |
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| 16 | 16 | | interviewforU.S.citizenship,MohsenMahdawiarrivedattheU.S.immigrationofficein |
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| 17 | 17 | | Colchester,and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas,insteadofcommencingtheinterview,armedimmigrationauthoritiesinplain |
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| 19 | 19 | | clotheswithfacescoveredarrestedMohsenMahdawiandrefusedtoprovideany |
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| 20 | 20 | | informationregardingwherehewasbeingtakenorwhatwouldhappentohim,and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas,inajointstatementthatU.S.SenatorsSandersandWelchandU.S. |
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| 22 | 22 | | RepresentativeBalintreleased,theydescribedthisactionas“immoral,inhumane,and |
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| 23 | 23 | | illegal,”and |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas,Vermont’sthreefederallegislatorsalsodemandedthatMohsenMahdawibe |
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| 25 | 25 | | afforded“dueprocessunderthelawandimmediatelyreleasedfromdetention,”now |
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| 26 | 26 | | thereforebeit |
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| 27 | 27 | | ResolvedbytheSenate: |
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| 28 | 28 | | ThattheSenateoftheStateofVermontstronglyobjectstothemannerand |
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| 29 | 29 | | circumstancesunderwhichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsen |
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| 30 | 30 | | Mahdawiandstronglyadvocatethathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelawandreleased |
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| 31 | 31 | | immediatelyfromdetention,andbeitfurther |
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| 32 | 32 | | Resolved:ThattheSecretaryoftheSenatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolution |
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| 33 | 33 | | toU.S.SecretaryofHomelandSecurityKristiNoem,ImmigrationandCustoms |
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| 34 | 34 | | EnforcementActingDirectorToddLyons,andtheVermontCongressionalDelegation. |
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