Bill Text: IL HR0081 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urges the federal government to expand legal protections for asylum seekers and expedite authorization for them to join the workforce, provide for their families, and truly live the American dream. Expresses support of policies that welcome and support immigrant communities across the United States and urges the federal government to act as swiftly as possible to modernize federal immigration law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield [HR0081 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0081-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 81
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2022, a significant number of migrants arrived | ||||||
| 3 | at the southern U.S. border seeking asylum within the United | ||||||
| 4 | States and were authorized to enter as non-citizens for urgent | ||||||
| 5 | humanitarian reasons; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Governor of Texas and other elected officials | ||||||
| 7 | began placing asylum-seeking individuals onto chartered buses | ||||||
| 8 | and sending them to American cities, including Washington, | ||||||
| 9 | D.C., New York City, and Chicago, without any communication to | ||||||
| 10 | officials in those cities as to the timing of bus arrivals or | ||||||
| 11 | the condition or number of those expected to arrive; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The City of Chicago, Cook County, and State of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois constructed an operation to welcome those | ||||||
| 14 | asylum-seeking individuals arriving in the City of Chicago and | ||||||
| 15 | to provide shelter, clothing, meals, legal services, | ||||||
| 16 | healthcare, and other essential services after their long | ||||||
| 17 | journey; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Unlike certain populations of recent immigrants, | ||||||
| 19 | including those from Ukraine and Afghanistan, the asylum | ||||||
| 20 | seekers arriving in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, | ||||||
| 21 | D.C. were not eligible for certain immigration remedies under | ||||||
| 22 | federal immigration law and are therefore not eligible to | ||||||
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| 1 | apply for employment authorization documents allowing them to | ||||||
| 2 | obtain legal employment within the United States for at least | ||||||
| 3 | six months after arrival; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Business, civic, and social organizations seek to | ||||||
| 5 | support these families and assist them in seeking employment | ||||||
| 6 | and becoming self-sufficient; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The asylum seekers arriving in Illinois and | ||||||
| 8 | across the United States are eager to work and to provide for | ||||||
| 9 | themselves and their families; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we urge the federal government to expand legal protections for | ||||||
| 13 | asylum seekers without discriminating against those from the | ||||||
| 14 | African diaspora and expedite authorization for them to join | ||||||
| 15 | the workforce, provide for their families, and truly live the | ||||||
| 16 | American dream; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That we stand in support of policies that | ||||||
| 18 | welcome and support immigrant communities across the United | ||||||
| 19 | States and urge the federal government to act as swiftly as | ||||||
| 20 | possible to modernize federal immigration law; and be it | ||||||
| 21 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to the Illinois Congressional Delegation as a sign | ||||||
| 3 | of our dedication to and support of this important issue.
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