Bill Text: CA AJR11 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Joint Resolution 11 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Immigration: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Deferred Enforced Departure: Temporary Protected Status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2019. [AJR11 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AJR11-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Joint Resolution

No. 11

Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gonzalez, Mayes, Medina, Reyes, Blanca Rubio, and Weber)
(Coauthors: Senators Durazo and Hueso)

March 11, 2019

Relative to immigration.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AJR 11, as introduced, Carrillo. Immigration: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Temporary Protected Status.

This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide a permanent solution for immigrant youths and individuals with Temporary Protected Status.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, United States Congressional efforts to provide a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children have been pending in the Congress of the United States since 2001, with the introduction of bipartisan legislation named the Immigrant Children’s Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001; and

WHEREAS, The Immigrant Children’s Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001 evolved into the Student Adjustment Act of 2001, which, in turn, evolved into the original version of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act; and

WHEREAS, Since its original introduction, the DREAM Act aimed to provide a multiphase process for qualifying undocumented immigrant youths to seek conditional residency status and a path to citizenship. The requirements to qualify for that relief have changed throughout time and various provisions have expanded with each reintroduction to ensure that most undocumented youths are covered; and

WHEREAS, The DREAM Act has been debated and brought to Congress for votes as a stand-alone bill. The act has also been incorporated into other immigration-related bills, including the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007; and

WHEREAS, Frustrated by the unwillingness of Congress to pass a legislative solution to protect immigrant youths, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on June 15, 2012, that created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, putting a stop to the deportation of undocumented immigrant youths who matched certain criteria included in the most recent proposed DREAM Act bills; and

WHEREAS, California has, by far, the largest number of potential beneficiaries under the DREAM Act, with 553,000 individuals or 26 percent of potential beneficiaries. California also has the largest population of youths currently protected under DACA at approximately 200,000 individuals; and

WHEREAS, On September 5, 2017, under the Trump Administration, then Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke rescinded the 2012 DACA memorandum and announced that the program would undergo a wind down phase. The rescission became effective immediately and eliminated the opportunity to submit new DACA applications; and

WHEREAS, President Trump’s decision to terminate the DACA program was followed by multiple lawsuits challenging that decision; and

WHEREAS, The Trump Administration’s decisions affecting immigrants have also impacted immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS); and

WHEREAS, The TPS program was established by Congress though the Immigration Act of 1990. Under existing law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS if the country is experiencing ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster or epidemic, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions that may prevent nationals of that country from retuiduals with TPS; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and the Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.