Bill Text: TX SCR4 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the U.S. Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-20 - Filed [SCR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR4-Introduced.html
| 83S10529 CBE-F | ||
| By: Uresti | S.C.R. No. 4 | |
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| WHEREAS, The United States of America is a nation of | ||
| immigrants; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The immigrant's story is woven into the social and | ||
| cultural fabric of this nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Our nation requires an immigration system that | ||
| provides for public safety, national security, economic | ||
| prosperity, and the well-being of all who live and work in the | ||
| United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is | ||
| the last major piece of immigration legislation to be passed by the | ||
| United States Congress; that legislation and subsequent piecemeal | ||
| reforms fail to adequately address the challenges posed by | ||
| immigration today; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A January 2013 poll conducted by the Associated | ||
| Press shows that 62 percent of Americans support reform of the | ||
| immigration system; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There appears to be a renewed willingness in the | ||
| United States Congress to reform our immigration system; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An August 2009 report by the CATO Institute found | ||
| that immigration reform could lead to a $180 billion gain for United | ||
| States households; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A June 2012 Fiscal Policy Institute report found | ||
| that immigrants owned 18 percent of all small businesses in the | ||
| United States in 2010, which was a higher percentage than the | ||
| immigrant share of the population or labor force; in addition, | ||
| immigrant-owned businesses employed 4.7 million people and had $776 | ||
| billion in receipts in 2007; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found | ||
| that undocumented immigrants contributed more than $1.6 billion in | ||
| state and local taxes in 2010 alone; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A 2010 report by the Economic Policy Institute found | ||
| that immigration increased wages of native-born workers from 1994 | ||
| to 2007; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A study by The Perryman Group found that Texas would | ||
| lose $69.3 billion in economic activity, $30.8 billion in gross | ||
| state product, and approximately 403,000 jobs if all undocumented | ||
| immigrants were removed from the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 77th Legislature of the State of Texas granted | ||
| in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, allowing over 22,000 | ||
| students to realize their educational goals and contribute to the | ||
| Texas economy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The United States requires secure borders to | ||
| maintain its integrity as a sovereign nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 1st Called Session, hereby urge the United States Congress to | ||
| thoughtfully and swiftly enact a comprehensive reform of our | ||
| immigration system that provides undocumented immigrants a clear | ||
| path to citizenship and promotes public safety, national security, | ||
| economic prosperity, and the well-being of all those living and | ||
| working in the United States; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
| memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
