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Senate Memorial

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A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging

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Congress to oppose any effort to implement a political,

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governmental entity among the United States, Canada, and

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Mexico; to oppose the Security and Prosperity Partnership

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of North America and initiatives pursued in conjunction

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with the partnership which threaten the sovereignty of the

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United States; and to oppose a North American Union.

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     WHEREAS, the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North

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America was initiated in March 2005, by the United States,

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Canada, and Mexico to facilitate common regulatory schemes among

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these countries and to streamline traffic across their shared

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borders, and

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     WHEREAS, reports issued by the Security and Prosperity

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Partnership of North America indicate that it has implemented

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regulatory changes among the three countries which circumvent

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United States trade, transportation, homeland security, and

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border security functions; that it will continue to do so in the

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future in an effort to open the borders between the United

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States, Canada, and Mexico; and that it will attempt to create a

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new North American entity, often refereed to as the North

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American Union, and

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     WHEREAS, the creation of a North American Union from a

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merger of the United States, Canada, and Mexico would be a direct

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threat to the national independence of the United States and

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could potentially lead to an eventual dissolution of the national

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borders of the United States, and

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     WHEREAS, the Security and Prosperity Partnership aims to

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integrate United States laws with laws of Mexico and Canada on a

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broad range of issues, including transportation, environment,

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health, agriculture, financial services, and national security,

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which threatens the economic and physical security of the United

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States, and

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     WHEREAS, a NAFTA Superhighway System from the west coast of

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Mexico through the United States and into Canada has been

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suggested as part of a North American Union to facilitate trade

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among the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America

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countries, and

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     WHEREAS, Texas is planning the Trans-Texas Corridor, a major

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multimodal transportation project beginning at the United States-

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Mexico border, which would likely serve as an initial section of

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a NAFTA Superhighway System, and

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     WHEREAS, the implementation of these proposals will result

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in largely unrestricted access to the United States by foreign

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trucking interests that do not comply with the safety and

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insurance regulations of this country and will permit such

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trucking to be easily used as a conduit for the entry into this

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country of illegal drugs, and illegal aliens and the importation

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of persons and materials to be used in terrorist activities

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against the United States, and

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     WHEREAS, state and local governments throughout the United

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States would be negatively affected by the Security and

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Prosperity Partnership or the North American Union process,

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leading to an open borders vision, eminent domain takings of

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private property along potential superhighways, and increased law

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enforcement problems along such superhighways, and

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     WHEREAS, this trilateral partnership to develop a North

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America Union has not been presented to the Congress of the

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United States as an agreement or treaty and has had virtually no

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congressional oversight, and

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     WHEREAS, initiatives advancing the Security and Prosperity

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Partnership will lead to the erosions of United States

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sovereignty and could lead to integrated continental court

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systems and currency, and

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     WHEREAS, Section 8, Article I of the United States

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Constitution grants authority to Congress, not the Executive

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Branch, to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and

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     WHEREAS, United States policy, not foreign consortia, should

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be used to control our national borders and ensure that national

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security is not compromised, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     That the Congress of the United States is requested to enact

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legislation to withdraw the United States form further

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participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership and to

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prevent that partnership from any efforts to implement a

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trinational political, governmental entity among the United

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States, Canada, and Mexico or any other efforts to accomplish any

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form of a North American Union; to stop the United States from

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participating in the construction of a North American Free Trade

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Agreement Superhighway System or any similar project; and to

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encourage the President of the United States to strongly oppose

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the aforementioned proposals and associated acts that threaten

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the sovereignty of the United States.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

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dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

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President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

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United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the

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Florida delegation to the United States Congress.