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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 71
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| WHEREAS, Many Americans adopt children from foreign |
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| countries and raise them in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, These foreign-born children automatically become |
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| United States citizens upon adoption; and
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| WHEREAS, We tell these children that we live in a free |
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| society where men and women have equal rights and equal worth, |
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| that they control their own destinies, and that their |
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| opportunities are limitless; then these children are denied the |
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| ability to seek the highest office in the land, because of the |
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| circumstances of their birth; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| urge the United States Congress to support a constitutional |
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| amendment to allow foreign-born citizens who become permanent |
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| residents by age one to run for President of the United States; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, |
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| the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the United |
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| States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the |