Bill Text: IA SR103 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution urging the United States Congress to enact legislation that creates a roadmap to permanent status for temporary protected status recipients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-24 - Resolution filed, referred to Rules and Administration. S.J. 151. [SR103 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SR103-Introduced.html
Senate Resolution 103 - Introduced PAG LIN SENATE RESOLUTION NO. BY McCOY 1 1 A Resolution urging the United States Congress to enact 1 2 legislation that creates a roadmap to permanent 1 3 status for temporary protected status recipients. 1 4 WHEREAS, temporary protected status (TPS) is an 1 5 immigration status permitted by section 244 of the 1 6 federal Immigration and Nationality Act under which 1 7 the federal government grants legal immigration status 1 8 to people from certain countries afflicted by natural 1 9 disasters, war, or other dangerous conditions; and 1 10 WHEREAS, TPS currently protects approximately 1 11 437,000 people in the United States from 10 countries 1 12 who would otherwise be deported to areas suffering from 1 13 disease, violence, starvation, the aftermath of natural 1 14 disasters, and other life=threatening conditions; and 1 15 WHEREAS, the largest groups of TPS recipients are 1 16 from El Salvador with approximately 195,000 people, 1 17 followed by Honduras with approximately 57,000 people, 1 18 and Haiti with approximately 50,000 people; and 1 19 WHEREAS, TPS recipients in Iowa and their families 1 20 have been significant, contributing members of 1 21 their communities and local economies for nearly 20 1 22 years; and 1 23 WHEREAS, ending TPS will devastate the United States 1 24 economy, with estimates including a $3 billion cost 1 25 to taxpayers for deporting TPS recipients from El 1 26 Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; over $45 billion in lost 1 27 gross domestic product over a decade due to the lost 1 28 productivity of these individuals; $6.9 billion in lost 2 1 Social Security and Medicare contributions; and close 2 2 to $1 billion in turnover costs incurred by employers 2 3 for the wholesale termination of the employment of this 2 4 population; and 2 5 WHEREAS, terminating TPS before home countries 2 6 are sufficiently recovered will have a profoundly 2 7 destabilizing effect that will be felt in countries 2 8 in need, by their neighbors, and at the United States 2 9 borders, as more people flee their countries to save 2 10 their lives and the lives of their families; and 2 11 WHEREAS, the United States has a history of 2 12 contributing to instability in countries covered by 2 13 TPS; and 2 14 WHEREAS, the federal Department of Homeland Security 2 15 has already denied extension of TPS status to several 2 16 countries, meaning that current recipients will lose 2 17 their ability to work legally in the United States and 2 18 will be at risk of being deported back to dangerous 2 19 conditions in their home countries; NOW THEREFORE, 2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 21 respectfully requests that the Iowa congressional 2 22 delegation work to enact legislation that creates a 2 23 roadmap to permanent status for TPS recipients and the 2 24 millions of other immigrants in the United States; and 2 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the 2 26 Senate shall distribute copies of this resolution to 2 27 the members of the Iowa congressional delegation. LSB 6022XS (3) 87 je/rn