| Resolution Number: | 2012-D059 |
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| Title: | Halt Unjust Immigration Enforcement |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 77th General Convention call for a halt to the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Secure Communities program (in which local jurisdictions send fingerprints of detainees suspected of immigration violations to federal authorities), which in practice leads to lengthy detention at the public expense of unrepresented immigrants who have no serious charges pending against them, and effectively discourages victims of various crimes, such as domestic violence, from reporting those crimes; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church decry the use of racial profiling or the use of race as a reason to question one’s immigration status; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church oppose the use of identity checks for the purpose of determining immigration status.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 321. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Paula Jackson |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | National and International Concerns |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #39 on Resolution D059 (Halt Unjust Immigration Enforcement) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution
(D059)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention re-commits to the principals of humane immigration reform articulated in previous resolutions; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church call for a halt to Secure Communities, the practice of sending arrestee’s fingerprints to Department of Homeland Security to determine their immigration status with an objective to deportation; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church oppose state legislation which attempts to enforce federal immigration laws, recognizing that immigration law enforcement is a federal mandate; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church work against racial profiling or using race as a reason for law enforcement to question one’s immigration status.
Committee Substitute
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention call for a halt to the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Secure Communities program (in which local jurisdictions send fingerprints of detainees suspected of immigration violations to federal authorities), which in practice leads to lengthy detention at the public expense of unrepresented immigrants who have no serious charges pending against them, and effectively discourages victims of various crimes, such as domestic violence, from reporting those crimes; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church decry the use of racial profiling or the use of race as a reason to question one’s immigration status; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church oppose the use of identity checks for the purpose of determining immigration status.
Deputy Laughlin of Pennsylvania moved the previous question.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the substitute resolution.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #244)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #35 on HD Message #244 on Resolution D059 (Halt Unjust Immigration Enforcement) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #281)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
| Abstract: | The 77th General Convention calls for halting the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Secure Communities program and decries the use of racial profiling to question immigration status. |
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