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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1026 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1026

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued 
peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States 
 and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective 
 immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants 
  and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful 
                continuing presence of foreign persons.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2010

   Mr. Chaffetz (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Nye, Mr. 
  Fleming, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Harper, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Barrow, Mr. 
 Bright, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Olson, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Shuler, and Mr. Childers) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
 on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 
Labor and Homeland Security, 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

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued 
peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States 
 and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective 
 immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants 
  and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful 
                continuing presence of foreign persons.

Whereas the United States, as a nation of immigrants, recognizes and celebrates 
        the economic and cultural contributions of generations of lawful 
        immigrants;
Whereas the United States must remain a place where lawful immigrants can come 
        to enjoy the promises of religious, political, and economic freedom; and
Whereas the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the 
        United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible 
        and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful 
        immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or 
        unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the use of a basic pilot program described in section 
        403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
        Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note; commonly known 
        as the E-verify program) by employers of workers within the 
        United States should be mandatory, and that enforcement 
        policies should hold both employers and employees responsible 
        whenever an individual's employment violates United States 
        immigration law;
            (2) installing and sustaining the necessary border 
        infrastructure and manpower to effectively secure and control 
        United States borders to prevent the unauthorized passage of 
        persons or contraband is a critical responsibility of the 
        Federal Government; and
            (3) any immigration reform proposal adopted by Congress 
        should not legalize, grant amnesty for, or confer any other 
        legal status condoning the otherwise unlawful entry or presence 
        in the United States of any individual.
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