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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1380 

Commending Federal and local law enforcement for their efforts to crack 

down on illegal immigration in the Chicagoland suburbs and calling 

on the Governor of the State of Illinois to immediately implement employee verification technology to curb rising trends in illegal immigration 

in the State of Illinois. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2008 

Mr. ROSKAM (for himself and Mr. KIRK) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Commending Federal and local law enforcement for their 

efforts to crack down on illegal immigration in the 

Chicagoland suburbs and calling on the Governor of the 

State of Illinois to immediately implement employee 

verification technology to curb rising trends in illegal 

immigration in the State of Illinois. 

Whereas on July 19, 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, in conjunction with local law enforcement, arrested 49 individuals in a 4 day operation 

targeting illegal immigrants with ties to violent street 

gangs in the north and northwest Chicago suburbs; 


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Whereas these arrests were made under Operation Community Shield, a comprehensive nationwide effort between 

ICE and other Federal and local law enforcement agencies to address the significant public safety threat posed 

by criminal illegal immigrants; 

Whereas 42 of the 49 individuals arrested had prior criminal 

histories, including convictions and arrests for drunken 

driving, drug possession, aggravated battery, burglary, 

theft, and domestic battery; 

Whereas 9 of the individuals arrested had been previously deported; 

Whereas it is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in Federal prison to reenter the United States after being formally deported; 

Whereas the enforcement efforts were undertaken by men 

and women of the sheriff’s departments of Cook County, 

Boone County, DuPage County, and Winnebago County 

and the police departments of Addison, Belvidere, 

Bensenville, Elgin, Franklin Park, Harvard, Mt. Prospect, West Chicago, Wheeling, and Woodstock; 

Whereas more than 8,900 illegal immigrant gang members 

have been arrested since Operation Community Shield 

began in 2005; 

Whereas the State of Illinois has a rapidly-growing illegal immigrant population that is now estimated at more than 

550,000; 

Whereas the illegal immigrant population in Illinois is 4th 

largest in the Nation, surpassed only by states along the 

United States southern border; 


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Whereas the Governor of Illinois has expressed support for 

policies to extend taxpayer-funded benefits and services 

to illegal immigrants; 

Whereas the Illinois General Assembly passed and the Governor of Illinois signed into law legislation to prohibit the 

use of employee verification technology to determine the 

immigration status and employment eligibility of prospective hires; 

Whereas such legislation undermines the right of Illinois employers to use every possible tool to comply with Federal 

law in not hiring illegal immigrants; 

Whereas employment verification technology is the most effective and efficient way for employers to determine the 

immigration status of new employees; and 

Whereas the State of Illinois spends an estimated 

$2,500,000,000 each year in providing free or taxpayersubsidized education, healthcare, and State service benefits to illegal immigrants: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the local law enforcement officers 

3 participating in Operation Community Shield to pro4 tect American families and communities from the 

5 threat of violent illegal immigrant gang activity; 

6 (2) reaffirms the basic right of every employer 

7 in the United States to verify the immigration status 

8 of prospective employees; 

9 (3) calls on the Illinois General Assembly to re10 peal Illinois Public Act 095–0138, which violates 


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1 Federal law by denying employers the right to verify 

2 the legal status of potential employees; and 

3 (4) urges the Governor and State legislature of 

4 Illinois to take every possible action to enforce exist5 ing immigration laws and address the growing illegal 

6 immigrant population in the State of Illinois. 

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