Bill Text: TX HCR27 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Expressing support for Executive Order 13780, Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-31 - Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select [HCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR27-Introduced.html
| 85S10677 KSM-D | ||
| By: Fallon | H.C.R. No. 27 | |
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| WHEREAS, Under Executive Order 13780, issued by President | ||
| Donald J. Trump, entry into the United States has been suspended for | ||
| 90 days for immigrants from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and | ||
| Yemen; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The order also allows for the creation and | ||
| implementation of tougher screening and vetting standards for all | ||
| immigration programs to better identify those traveling to our | ||
| country with malicious intent; and | ||
| WHEREAS, According to the Department of State's Country | ||
| Reports on Terrorism 2015, conditions in the six countries listed | ||
| in the executive order present a heightened risk to the safety and | ||
| security of the United States, and Iran, Sudan, and Syria are | ||
| identified as state sponsors of terrorism; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The threat level in Texas was "elevated" as recently | ||
| as January 2017, after the Texas Department of Public Safety | ||
| released a report detailing issues of security along the | ||
| Texas-Mexico border relating to terrorists from Syria; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ensuring the safety of all citizens is the greatest | ||
| responsibility of government, and in signing this executive order, | ||
| President Trump appropriately used his authority to protect our | ||
| great nation from those who seek to do us harm; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 1st Called Session, hereby express support for Executive Order | ||
| 13780, Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the | ||
| United States. | ||
