Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2014-635

• Record #: R2014-635
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 9/10/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Human Relations
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: President Barack Obama urged to take appropriate executive action on immigration reform
• Sponsors: Solis, Daniel, Burke, Edward M., Moreno, Proco Joe, Suarez, Regner Ray, Maldonado, Roberto, Reboyras, Ariel, Colón, Rey, Cardenas, George A., Munoz, Ricardo
• Related files: R2015-407

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015		City Council	Failed to Pass	Fail
9/10/2014	88918	City Council	Referred

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WHEREAS, the United States is a nation of immigrants founded on universal ideals aiming to form a more perfect union; and

WHEREAS, in the words of President John F. Kennedy, " .immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life; and

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a city of immigrants with a long history of contributions to greater society; and

WHEREAS, in 1983, Mayor Harold Washington declared the City of Chicago to be the first Sanctuary City in the nation; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Richard M. Daley and Mayor Rahm Emanuel have subsequently reaffirmed that action; and

WHEREAS, under a broken federal immigration system, deportations have reached record levels under President Obama, rising to an annual average of nearly 400,000 since 2009;and

WHEREAS, the United States Senate passed an immigration reform bill in June of 2013;and

WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives has failed to act on a companion bill; and

WHEREAS, President Obama announced in June of 2014 that he intended to take executive action to undertake immigration reform; and

WHEREAS, recent polling shows favorable support for immigration reform; and

WHEREAS, a Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution poll from June of 2014 showed 62 percent of Americans in favor of a path allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens, with an additional 17 percent in favor of allowing for legal residency; and

WHEREAS, the President recently announced, however, that he would not take any executive action regarding immigration until after the November mid-term elections; and

WHEREAS, the United States urgently needs immigration reform to adequately address the concerns of the general public; NOW THEREFORE

BE IT RESOLVED, that, we, the Mayor and the City Council ofthe City of Chicago urges the Obama Administration to take the appropriate executive action to move forward on immigration reform on behalf of the millions of resident immigrant...