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Whereas these arrests were made under Operation Commu-
nity Shield, a comprehensive nationwide effort between 
ICE and other Federal and local law enforcement agen-
cies 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 de-
ported; 
Whereas it is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in Fed-
eral prison to reenter the United States after being for-
mally 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. Pros-
pect, 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 im-
migrant 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 Gov-
ernor of Illinois signed into law legislation to prohibit the 
use of employee verification technology to determine the 
immigration status and employment eligibility of prospec-
tive hires; 
Whereas such legislation undermines the right of Illinois em-
ployers to use every possible tool to comply with Federal 
law in not hiring illegal immigrants; 
Whereas employment verification technology is the most ef-
fective 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 taxpayer- 
subsidized education, healthcare, and State service bene-
fits to illegal immigrants: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the local law enforcement officers 
participating in Operation Community Shield to pro-
tect American families and communities from the 
threat of violent illegal immigrant gang activity; 
(2) reaffirms the basic right of every employer 
in the United States to verify the immigration status 
of prospective employees; 
(3) calls on the Illinois General Assembly to re-
peal Illinois Public Act 095–0138, which violates 
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Federal law by denying employers the right to verify 
the legal status of potential employees; and 
(4) urges the Governor and State legislature of 
Illinois to take every possible action to enforce exist-
ing immigration laws and address the growing illegal 
immigrant population in the State of Illinois. 
Æ 
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