Bill Text: TX HR68 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Albert Armendariz Jr. of El Paso for his dedicated service to his community as an immigration and naturalization attorney.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR68 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR68-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 68 | ||
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| WHEREAS, For more than five decades, Albert Armendariz | ||
| Jr. has rendered exceptional service to the city of El Paso in his | ||
| capacity as an immigration and naturalization attorney; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A 1970 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin | ||
| School of Law, Mr. Armendariz is a principal of Albert Armendariz, | ||
| Jr., Attorney at Law, PC, which is a partner in the Law Offices of | ||
| Armendariz & Holguin; through the years, he has practiced | ||
| extensively in the area of federal immigration law, with an | ||
| emphasis on immigration through family relationships, deportation | ||
| defense, acquired and derivative U.S. citizenship, and federal | ||
| court litigation; he has further distinguished himself by speaking | ||
| at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting and the Conference on | ||
| Immigration and Nationality Law, held by UT Law Continuing Legal | ||
| Education; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Armendariz has been honored as the Outstanding | ||
| Senior Lawyer by the El Paso Young Lawyers Association, and in 2009, | ||
| he received the inaugural Albert Armendariz Jr. Lifetime | ||
| Achievement Award from the Mexican American Bar Association of El | ||
| Paso; he is a member and a past president of both that entity and the | ||
| El Paso Association of Immigration Practitioners; moreover, he | ||
| belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers and El Paso Bar | ||
| Associations, is involved with the National Lawyers Guild National | ||
| Immigration Project, and is a former board chair for the Immigrant | ||
| and Refugee Rights Project of the Texas Lawyers' Committee for | ||
| Civil Rights Under Law; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his steadfast commitment to the immigrant | ||
| community, Albert Armendariz has benefited the lives of countless | ||
| individuals and families in El Paso and beyond, and it is a pleasure | ||
| to join in recognizing him for his myriad contributions; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby commend Albert Armendariz | ||
| Jr. for his many years of dedicated service as an immigration and | ||
| naturalization lawyer and extend to him sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Armendariz as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Ortega | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 68 was adopted by the House on | ||
| December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
