City of Madison - File #: 29759

• File #: 29759
• Version: 1
• Name: Urging the 113th Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/9/2013
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/16/2013
• Final action: 4/16/2013
• Enactment date: 4/17/2013
• Enactment #: RES-13-00245
• Title: Urging the 113th Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform as outlined in this resolution that keeps families together, upholds our values as a nation, promotes economic growth and creates a fair immigration system guided by respect for the human rights of all persons.
• Sponsors: Shiva Bidar, Chris Schmidt, Michael E. Verveer, David Ahrens, Maurice S. Cheeks, Joseph R. Clausius, Mark Clear, Lauren Cnare, Denise DeMarb, Sue Ellingson, Steve King, Larry Palm, Matthew J. Phair, Scott J. Resnick, Marsha A. Rummel, Paul E. Skidmore, Paul R. Soglin, John Strasser, Lisa Subeck, Anita Weier, Ledell Zellers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/16/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25	Pass
4/9/2013	1	Council Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS

Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
Title
Urging the 113th Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform as outlined in this resolution that keeps families together, upholds our values as a nation, promotes economic growth and creates a fair immigration system guided by respect for the human rights of all persons.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Madison has long recognized the need for comprehensive federal immigration reform, having passed Resolution RES-06-00365, Legistar No. 03363, in 2006 and Resolution RES-10-00530, Legistar No. 18594 in 2010 in support of such reform; and

WHEREAS, the City of Madison is a diverse city with immigrants from many parts of the world who work, own homes, open businesses and contribute to the economic, social and cultural well-being of the city; and

WHEREAS, growth in Madison’s population and small businesses over recent decades has been significantly driven by immigrants who bring new life and investment to our city’s neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, above all, we believe in the human dignity of all Madison residents, regardless of immigration status; and

WHEREAS, the deficiencies of our country’s immigration system have held back our economy and fostered a sense of divisiveness and fear throughout immigrant communities in Madison and throughout America; and

WHEREAS, countless people are lost in a federal immigration and detention system that has become fundamentally broken and plagued by abuse; and

WHEREAS, record increases of deportations in recent years have tragically broken apart loving families, with over 800,000 people deported in just two years, many of them parents of children who are United States citizens, also causing thousands of those children to be pushed into the foster care system, placing them at risk of permanent legal separation from their parents; and

WHEREAS, in the absence of federal legislative action on immigration, state legislative proposals that are anti-immigrant and even unconstitutional h...