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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, As part of a recent policy trend, certain cities | ||||||
| 3 | and states within the United States enacted procedures designed | ||||||
| 4 | to limit cooperation with or involvement in federal immigration | ||||||
| 5 | enforcement actions; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In January of 2020, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 7 | Corrections (DOC) changed its policy and stopped notifying U.S. | ||||||
| 8 | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the release of | ||||||
| 9 | individuals from the DOC who had valid detainer warrants; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Prior to this policy change, ICE worked with the | ||||||
| 11 | IDOC and local law enforcement agencies to prevent those | ||||||
| 12 | convicted felons who migrated into the State illegally after | ||||||
| 13 | being released into the community upon completion of their | ||||||
| 14 | sentence; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Those individuals, convicted of felony crimes and | ||||||
| 16 | who are in the country illegally, are being released directly | ||||||
| 17 | into the community with no notification to federal authorities | ||||||
| 18 | or local law enforcement; such actions jeopardize the general | ||||||
| 19 | public safety within specific Illinois communities; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Such individuals have been convicted of felony | ||||||
| 21 | offenses, including murder, rape, sex offenses, child | ||||||
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| 1 | pornography, and weapons offenses; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The policy was changed by the Illinois Department | ||||||
| 3 | of Corrections without adequate notice and without sufficient | ||||||
| 4 | explanation to the immigration authorities and local law | ||||||
| 5 | enforcement agencies, which had previously worked valiantly | ||||||
| 6 | with the immigration authorities to keep our communities safe; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Continued reduction of such regulations may yield | ||||||
| 9 | to further desecration of public safety within the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 13 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge Governor JB Pritzker to | ||||||
| 14 | instruct the Illinois Department of Corrections to comply with | ||||||
| 15 | federal law and allow the DOC to continue to work with ICE and | ||||||
| 16 | local law enforcement agencies; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the Governor, the Speaker of the Illinois House, | ||||||
| 19 | the President of the Illinois Senate, the Illinois Senate | ||||||
| 20 | Minority Leader, and the Illinois House Minority Leader.
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