House Bill 9167

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9167

        By Representatives C. Smith, Eggelletion, Villalobos,
    Wilson, Bush, Roberts, A. Greene, Reddick, L. Miller,
    Chestnut, Logan, Hill, Bullard, Lawson, Lee, Suarez, Prieguez,
    Cantens, Barreiro, Greenstein, Ryan, Sobel, Ritter, Henriquez,
    Levine, Frankel, Kosmas, Effman and Gottlieb


  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution urging the United States Congress

  3         and the President of the United States to

  4         support Senate Bill 2058, which extends filing

  5         deadlines for applications for adjustment of

  6         resident status of Haitian and other nationals.

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  8         WHEREAS, the State of Florida is home to a vibrant and

  9  involved community of Haitian-Americans, and

10         WHEREAS, the Haitian-Americans who reside in Florida

11  are concerned about the welfare and safety of Haitian migrants

12  who seek to remain in or to enter the United States, and

13         WHEREAS, Congress passed the Haitian Refugee

14  Immigration Fairness Act of 1998, an amnesty program for

15  Haitians who fled persecution in their homeland, designed to

16  expedite the process for making these immigrants legal

17  residents of the United States, and

18         WHEREAS, the United States Immigration and

19  Naturalization Service released final application guidelines

20  for Haitian applicants only 7 days prior to expiration of the

21  law, and

22         WHEREAS, United States Senators Bob Graham and Connie

23  Mack of Florida have introduced legislation that would extend

24  the application deadline for one year, NOW, THEREFORE,

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26  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

27  Florida:

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29         That the United States Congress is urged to hear and

30  pass, and the President of the United States is urged to

31  support and sign, Senate Bill 2058, which extends the filing

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  1  deadlines for applications for adjustment of resident status

  2  for Haitian and other nationals.

  3         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the United

  4  States is urged to issue a protective order preventing Haitian

  5  nationals who are eligible for legal resident status under

  6  Senate Bill 2058 from being deported while Senate Bill 2058 is

  7  pending in the 106th Congress.

  8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution

  9  be sent to the President of the United States, the President

10  of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States

11  House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida

12  delegation to the United States Congress.

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