Bill Text: TX SCR2 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-14 - Filed [SCR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SCR2-Introduced.html
82S10038 BGU-D | ||
By: Van de Putte | S.C.R. No. 2 |
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WHEREAS, The United States is a nation of immigrants who have | ||
built the greatest democracy in the history of mankind; and | ||
WHEREAS, The United States at many times during its history | ||
has allowed noncitizens to earn citizenship through honorable | ||
service in its armed forces; and | ||
WHEREAS, Thousands of undocumented children have received a | ||
high school degree in Texas and are eager to serve in the United | ||
States armed forces, but are ineligible because they were brought | ||
to the United States illegally; and | ||
WHEREAS, Approximately 40,000 noncitizens with visas or | ||
green cards are currently serving loyally in the United States | ||
armed forces; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many noncitizens serving in the United States armed | ||
forces have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan during the | ||
last 10 years; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
1st Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the federal government | ||
to grant a conditional green card to noncitizens who (1) have | ||
received a high school diploma in the United States, and (2) arrived | ||
in this country before the age of 16, to allow them to enlist in the | ||
United States armed forces, if otherwise qualified; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature urge the federal | ||
government to award citizenship to these patriotic immigrants upon | ||
the completion of four years of honorable service in the United | ||
States armed forces; 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, to the secretary of | ||
defense, 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. |