IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 384
Supporting the goals of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. REYES, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BACA, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNUL-
TY, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WYNN, and Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals of the Immigrant Workers Freedom 
Ride.
Whereas the United States has been called ‘‘a Nation of im-
migrants’’; 
Whereas throughout the history of the United States, immi-
grants have helped build cities, towns, farms, businesses, 
economies, and civic and cultural institutions; 
Whereas immigrant workers work hard, pay taxes, and sac-
rifice for their families;
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Whereas immigrants add strength and stability to our econ-
omy; 
Whereas from September 20, 2003, through October 4, 2003, 
hundreds of immigrant workers will board buses and stop 
in dozens of communities across the country as part of 
the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride; 
Whereas participants in the Immigrant Workers Freedom 
Ride will raise awareness about the plight of immigrant 
workers and advocate for changing our immigration pol-
icy to create a road to citizenship for all immigrant work-
ers, reunite workers with their families, ensure immi-
grants’ civil rights and liberties, and protect the rights of 
immigrants in the workplace; 
Whereas the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride will encour-
age greater civic participation by new and future United 
States citizens; 
Whereas the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is modeled 
after the 1961 Freedom Rides of the United States civil 
rights movement in which student activists from across 
the country rode buses in to the Deep South to challenge 
segregation; 
Whereas the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is an oppor-
tunity to learn from and honor the civil rights movement 
history in the United States; 
Whereas State legislators and political leaders across the 
country have endorsed the ride; 
Whereas immigrants work as construction workers, doctors, 
nurses, janitors, meat packers, chefs, busboys, engineers, 
farm workers, and members of the United States Armed 
Forces;
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Whereas our current immigration system keeps millions of 
hardworking immigrants from becoming full members of 
society in the United States and enjoying equal rights; 
Whereas, according to the United States Department of Com-
merce, immigrant workers comprised 12.4 percent of the 
Nation’s labor force in 2000; 
Whereas, according to the National Academy of Sciences, im-
migrants make indispensable contributions to the econ-
omy and contributed at least $133,000,000,000 in direct 
taxes to Federal, State, and local governments in 1997; 
Whereas immigrants add about $10,000,000,000 each year to 
the economy of the United States; 
Whereas undocumented immigrants contribute at least 
$300,000,000,000 to the gross national product of the 
United States annually; 
Whereas, according to the United States Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, the United States will have a shortage of 
10,000,000 workers by the year 2006; 
Whereas the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is sponsored 
by a large coalition of labor, community, religious, stu-
dent, and immigrant groups; and 
Whereas the United States needs a policy that recognizes the 
realities of contemporary American life and the dynamics 
of the global economy by enabling immigrants to adjust 
their status: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) supports the goals of the Immigrant Work-
ers Freedom Ride—
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(A) to raise awareness about the need for 
immigration reform; 
(B) to encourage greater civic participation 
by new and future United States citizens; 
(C) to advocate for changes in our immi-
gration policy—
(i) to reward work by granting legal 
status to hardworking, taxpaying, law-
abiding immigrant workers already estab-
lished in the United States; 
(ii) to clear the path to citizenship for 
immigrant workers; 
(iii) to ensure fair treatment on the 
job for immigrant workers; 
(iv) to reunite families; and 
(v) to respect the civil rights and civil 
liberties of immigrants; 
(2) recognizes and honors the millions of immi-
grant workers in the United States who work hard, 
pay taxes, and contribute to our economy and our 
communities; and 
(3) encourages the Congress and the President 
to support policies that accomplish the goals of the 
Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride.
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