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Resolution 8956 -17 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE FEDERAL DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM WHEREAS, nearly 800,000 young people who came to the United States as children have come forward, passed background checks, and received permission to live and work in the United States through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, ( "DACA "); and, WHEREAS, many of these 800,000 young people, known as "Dreamers" for the proposed bipartisan Dream Act sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (R) and Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois (D) that would provide them with a path to permanent legal status, have advanced their education, started small businesses, and more fully established themselves as integral members of American society, paid taxes and participated in the military; and, WHEREAS, President Trump has threatened to repeal DACA, putting all 800,000 Dreamers at risk of immediate deportation; and, WHEREAS, DACA's repeal would reduce the nation's GDP by an estimated $433.4 billion over the next 10 years, including a reduction of just under $252 million in Ohio alone according to the Center for American Progress; would result in tens of billions in lost contributions to Medicare and Social Security and would and force businesses to incur $3.4 billion in turnover costs; and, WHEREAS, it is a moral imperative that the City of Lakewood's support for DACA, the Dreamers and a permanent path to citizenship without intervening deportation be expressed to Ohio's Delegation to the United States Congress. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Lakewood: SECTION 1: That the City of Lakewood stands in solidarity with the governors, statewide constitutional officers, mayors, state legislators, local elected officials, law enforcement professionals, and faith and civic leaders in their resolve to preserve the DACA initiative and oppose its repeal. SECTION 2: That the City of Lakewood opposes any federal action that would rescind or degrade the DACA initiative and it encourages Ohio's Congressional delegation to support legislation that replaces fear and uncertainty with permanent protection for Dreamers such as the Dream Act or similar legislation that would provide a path to permanent legal status for our nation's Dreamers.