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HOUSE RESOLUTION 71

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

 

 

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1 House of Representatives, and to each member of the Illinois
2 congressional delegation.