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SJM111.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - Stating findings of the Legislature and emphatically
urging the President of the United States and Congress to honor their oaths
of office and pass the necessary and appropriate legislation to resolve the
illegal immigration crisis.
03/10 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/12 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - McKague
Title apvd - to House
03/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/27 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Hart
Title apvd - to Senate
03/27 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/28 Sp signed
03/31 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE SENATE SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 111 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A JOINT MEMORIAL 2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS 3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF 4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 5 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 6 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth 7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that: 8 WHEREAS, Section 4, Article 4 of the United States Constitution declares: 9 "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican 10 form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on 11 application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature can 12 not be convened) against domestic violence."; and 13 WHEREAS, even conservative estimates of the number of illegal immigrants 14 residing in the United States range from twelve million to twenty million, 15 with some estimates as high as thirty million; and 16 WHEREAS, the illegal entry into the United States by tens of millions of 17 illegal immigrants approaches ten percent of this nation's population and 18 should be considered an invasion; and 19 WHEREAS, the federal government has allowed this illegal immigration inva- 20 sion to occur at an accelerating pace for the last several decades; and 21 WHEREAS, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Security 22 and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) are being used to nullify 23 the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses- 25 sion of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre- 26 sentatives concurring therein, that we emphatically urge and petition the 27 President of the United States and the Congress of the United States and par- 28 ticularly the congressional delegation representing the state of Idaho to 29 honor their oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the 30 United States" by passing the necessary and appropriate legislation to resolve 31 the illegal immigration crisis by: 32 (1) Securing our national borders; 33 (2) Stopping illegal immigration, including the ending of government 34 incentives for illegal immigration; and 35 (3) Immediately implementing a guest-worker program that requires guest- 36 workers to apply for work visas and that establishes compliance and 37 enforcement standards. 38 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is 39 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres- 40 ident of the United States, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 41 House of Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation repre- 42 senting the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS17949C2
The purpose of this legislation is to send the message to the
Congress of the United States, and particularly the congressional
delegation representing the State of Idaho that the Second Regular
Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the
House of Representatives concurring therein, that the Congress of
the United States, and particularly the congressional delegation
representing the State of Idaho, are hereby urged and petitioned to
honor their oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution
of the United States" by:
(1) Securing our national borders;
(2) Stopping illegal immigration, including the ending of
government incentives for illegal immigration; and
(3) Immediately implementing a guest-worker program that
requires guest-workers to apply for work visas and that
establishes compliance and enforcement standards.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
Contact
Senator Shirley McKague
Phone: 208-332-1339
Senator Monty Pearce
Senator Mel Richardson
Senator Lee Heinrich
Senator Mike Jorgenson
Representative JoAn Wood
Representative Marv Hagedorn
Representative Phil Hart
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 111