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Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to pass comprehensive immigration reform in order to protect our homeland, secure continued economic development, and protect the rights of all immigrants; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush declared that the United States immigration system is broken and must be reformed in his January 7, 2004, immigration policy proposal address to the nation; and

WHEREAS, America, having always been a nation of immigrants, is a stronger and better nation because of the hard work, faith, and entrepreneurial spirit of these immigrants; and

WHEREAS, immigrants make up approximately 14 percent of the nation´s civilian work force; and

WHEREAS, there are 35,000 foreign-born men and women loyally serving on active duty in the United States military; and

WHEREAS, many Georgia immigrants are of Hispanic descent; and

WHEREAS, Georgia has seen a tremendous growth of the Hispanic population of over 300 percent since 1990; and

WHEREAS, Georgia has observed the fourth largest increase in Hispanic buying power in the United States, estimated at $11.3 billion; and

WHEREAS, Georgia has 13,521 Hispanic owned businesses; and

WHEREAS, many Georgia industries rely heavily upon immigrant labor; and

WHEREAS, an illegal labor market and uncontrolled borders undermine our national security; and

WHEREAS, a nation that values and depends upon immigration should have rational and humane immigration laws that serve the American economy, reflect the American dream, and address the eight to ten million undocumented immigrant currently in the United States; and

WHEREAS, states across the country face mounting difficulties in dealing with the failed immigration policy; and

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush has asked the United States Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that addresses these homeland security and labor issues without disrupting the massive economic contribution that immigrants make to the United States each year; and

WHEREAS, this body should adopt a principle of expectation for comprehensive immigration reform from the federal government.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to pass existing bipartisan legislation before the end of the current Congressional session to begin addressing these critical immigration issues, such as the DREAM/Student Adjustment Act and the AGJobs Act, where such legislation falls in line with the vision of immigration reform as laid out by President George W. Bush.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this body urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to act soon on comprehensive immigration reform.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to each member of the Georgia congressional delegation and the President of the United States.

(1) Marin,Pedro 66th	(2) Chambers,Jill 53rd	(3) Mobley,Barbara 58th
(4) Ashe,Kathy 42nd Post 2	(5) Gardner,Pat 42nd Post 3	(6) Reece,Stacey 21st

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