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<br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2006 - 63 <br />By: Mayor Thomas E. O'Grady <br />A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE "SENSENBRENNER-KING BILL, " <br />HOUSE RESOLUTION 4437, WHICH WOULD MAKE FELONS OF 11 <br />MILLION UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, CRIMINALIZE CONTACT <br />WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND FRUSTRATE THE <br />DREAMS OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS SEEKING CITIZENSHIP. <br />WHEREAS, on December 16, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the <br />Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Act, H.R. 4437, also known as the <br />Sensenbrenner-King Bill; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 4437 criminalizes the mere presence of an alien without valid <br />immigration status, thereby causing 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living and <br />working in the U.S. to be guilty of a federal felony; and <br />WHEREAS, the Bill's broad definition of "smuggling" allows the federal government to <br />prosecute almost any American having casual contact with an undocumented immigrant; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 4437 could potentially make criminals out of church groups providing <br />food, shelter or other assistance to undocumented immigrants, social workers assisting <br />undocumented workers who are victims of domestic abuse, co-workers giving an undocumented <br />immigrant a ride to work, and a U.S. citizen living with a spouse who is an undocumented <br />immigrant; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 4437 eliminates judicial oversight of delays in the naturalization <br />process and allows the federal government to use subjective and secretive information to bar <br />legal immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, this Resolution constitutes an emergency measure for the immediate <br />preservation of public peace, property, health or safety; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That this Council hereby opposes the "Sensenbrenner-King Bill, "House <br />Resolution 4437, which would make felons of 11 million undocumented immigrants, criminalize <br />contact with undocumented immigrants and frustrate the dreams of legal immigrants seeking <br />citizenship. <br />