Bill Text: TX HCR154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR154 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HCR154-Introduced.html

	86R24000 KSM-D

	By: Reynolds	H.C.R. No. 154



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, In an increasingly complex global economy,
	transnational labor mobility is crucial to the prosperity of the
	United States, but our rigid, outmoded immigration policies are
	making it difficult for the nation to compete; and
	WHEREAS, The United States Congress last enacted major
	immigration legislation more than a quarter century ago; since that
	time, piecemeal attempts at reform have failed to create the kind of
	rational and effective system we need to maintain competitiveness,
	whether in industries like agriculture, construction, and
	manufacturing, which require large numbers of workers able to
	perform physically demanding tasks, or in technology, where there
	is increasing demand for employees with advanced degrees in math
	and science; and
	WHEREAS, The U.S. is home to millions of unauthorized
	immigrants, including children brought to this country illegally
	who have grown up here and know no other home; a commonsense road
	map to earned legal status for these residents would create
	additional tax revenue and stimulate the economy by allowing them
	to open bank accounts, obtain college degrees, buy homes, establish
	new American companies, and create jobs; and
	WHEREAS, A rational overhaul of the immigration system
	requires a tough, fair, and practical program to address the status
	of unauthorized immigrants, stopping real threats and contingent on
	bringing accountability to border enforcement programs, providing
	additional funding for border communities that bear a
	disproportionate burden in the enforcement of immigration laws, and
	addressing visa overstays; federal policy must also be designed to
	develop a guest worker program to respond to the future labor needs
	of U.S. business by matching willing workers with willing American
	employers; and
	WHEREAS, National security and our national interests are
	poorly served by an embattled immigration system, and patchwork
	attempts to mend its deficiencies undermine our potential for
	prosperity and leave us ill-prepared to meet the challenges of the
	modern world; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to pass
	comprehensive immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship
	for undocumented immigrants; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.