Bill Text: IL HR1217 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Brings attention to the cases of legal permanent veterans who have been deported from the United States to the attention of the members of Congress and to the President of the United States in a determined effort to win the return of these veterans to their families, children, and communities in the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1217 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HR1217-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Illinois House
of Representatives that there are a significant number of
veterans of foreign wars, including World War II, Vietnam,
Iraq, and Afghanistan veterans, who were legal permanent
residents of the United States; and
WHEREAS, When these veterans returned to civilian life
without appropriate support in reintegration, both
psychologically and economically, they fell into addictions
and criminal activities, were arrested and, due to their legal
permanent resident status, were deported; and
WHEREAS, Many of these veterans live in Mexico in terrible
and abject conditions after having served honorably in the
Armed Forces of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Several of these veterans have asked for support
in obtaining reentry into the United States to be with their
families and United States citizen children; and
WHEREAS, Our nation owes these veterans adequate support
and rehabilitation equal to that owed veterans with full
citizenship; and

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WHEREAS, These deported veterans represent the tragic
results of a population under siege by the policies of mass
deportation and mass incarceration and should be supported in
resistance to those policies; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
bring the cases of these veterans to the attention of the
members of Congress and to the President of the United States
in a determined effort to win the return of these veterans to
their families, children, and communities in the United States;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the members of the Illinois congressional
delegation and the President.