Bill Amendment: IL SR0582 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
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Bill Title: NO NATIONAL REGISTRY
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SR0582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0582-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: NO NATIONAL REGISTRY
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SR0582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0582-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 582
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 582 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the heading with the following:
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4 | "WHEREAS, The United States was built upon the premise and | ||||||
5 | the promise of religious
acceptance, a principle enshrined in | ||||||
6 | the First Amendment guarantee of free exercise of
religion and | ||||||
7 | faith; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has historically welcomed | ||||||
9 | newcomers from all nations
and of all faith traditions, and has | ||||||
10 | historically benefited from the diversity that
newcomers | ||||||
11 | bring; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The most recent federal election campaign | ||||||
13 | featured rhetoric and discussion
of policy proposals hostile to | ||||||
14 | certain nationality and religious groups, including a call for
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15 | registry of Americans based upon their country of origin or |
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1 | their religious beliefs; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Reported physical attacks on Muslim, Sikh, Arab, | ||||||
3 | and South Asian Americans
and other incidents of | ||||||
4 | discrimination, including in housing, employment, and | ||||||
5 | education,
have increased sharply during the past two years and | ||||||
6 | in particular since the 2016
elections; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Youths among various ethnic and religious groups | ||||||
8 | have been targeted for
discrimination and face barriers to | ||||||
9 | safely expressing their religion in school, with young
Muslim | ||||||
10 | women being bullied for wearing the hijab or niqab; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The current federal administration has imposed a | ||||||
12 | series of restrictions based
upon religion or ethnicity | ||||||
13 | currently targeting immigrants and travelers from eight
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14 | countries, including six Muslim majority countries along with | ||||||
15 | North Korea and
Venezuela - restrictions that federal courts | ||||||
16 | had previously enjoined in part due to their
discriminatory | ||||||
17 | intent; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Initiatives such as the travel restrictions and | ||||||
19 | the potential registry echo past
discriminatory initiatives | ||||||
20 | such as the internment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese
descent | ||||||
21 | during World War II, for which our nation has formally | ||||||
22 | apologized; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Our State should continue to welcome all | ||||||
2 | nationality and religious groups and
should stand in opposition | ||||||
3 | to any attempts to discriminate against any group based on
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4 | national origin or religion; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS, that it is the sense of this | ||||||
7 | body that no State or local government
agency or official | ||||||
8 | should expend any time, facilities, equipment, information, or | ||||||
9 | other
resources of the agency or official to facilitate the | ||||||
10 | creation, publication, or maintenance
of or any participation | ||||||
11 | in any federal program with the purpose of registering or
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12 | maintaining a database of individuals present in the United | ||||||
13 | States based on their race,
color, ancestry, national origin, | ||||||
14 | or religion; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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16 | delivered to the President and Vice-President of the United
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17 | States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States
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18 | Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leaders of the United States
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19 | House of Representatives, and all members of the Illinois
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20 | Congressional Delegation."
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