| Resolution Number: | 1985-D113 |
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| Title: | Request Congress to Reform Immigration Legislation |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention, as it has in the past, call upon Congress to enact immigration legislation of a positive nature that will recognize human realities of the millions of undocumented people in the country, provide for appropriate asylum and safe haven for those fleeing political repression from abroad, and will eliminate the many repressive features contained in the present Senate bill, S. 1200; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be transmitted to all members of the United States Senate, and to the members of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives; and be it further
Resolved, That all deputies to this Convention, as individuals and through the appropriate social concerns committees of their churches, write to their respective United States Senators.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 257. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D113)
Whereas, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985 (S.1200), sponsored by Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) is moving very quickly toward passage in the U.S. Senate; and
Whereas, S. 1200 contains severe employer sanctions provisions which will invite discrimination against employees of color and differing accents; severely limits prior legislation providing for legalization and amnesty for aliens who arrived in the U.S. prior to 1980, delays such legalization for three years, and provides no amnesty for those arriving subsequent to 1980; and provides for an expansive "bracero" (guest worker), program, giving employers a vast supply of inexpensive, temporary work force--contradicting the purported purpose of such legislation--ostensibly to provide "jobs for Americans"; and
Whereas, Immigration legislation without the repressive features of S. 1200 is pending before the appropriate House Judiciary Subcommittees, sponsored by leaders of the Hispanic Caucus, and requires additional studies and public hearings; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention, as it has in the past, call upon Congress to enact immigration legislation of a positive nature that will recognize human realities of the millions of undocumented people in the country, provide for appropriate asylum and sanctuary for those fleeing political repression from abroad, and will eliminate the many repressive features contained in the present Senate bill, S. 1200; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be transmitted to all members of the United States Senate, and, to the members of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives; and be it further
Resolved, That all deputies to this Convention, as individuals and through the appropriate social concerns committees of their churches, write to their respective United States Senators.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the first Resolved clause, the fourth line:
strike the word "sanctuary" and add the words "safe haven."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #170)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #170: D113 Amended (Immigration Legislation and Reform).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #235)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention calls the Congress to enact immigration legislation that recognizes the human realities of undocumented people in this country and that provides asylum for those fleeing political repression. |
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