Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 17-5196

• File #: 17-5196
• Version: 2
• Name: CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REINSTATE THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/6/2017
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 9/13/2017
• Final action: 9/13/2017
• Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FOR FILE ID 17-5196 County Board Agenda 9-13-2017 PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REINSTATE THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM OR REPLACE IT WITH A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT LEGAL RESIDENCY WHEREAS, President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, as a compromise measure after Congress failed to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would have provided certain eligible persons with a pathway to permanent legal residency; and WHEREAS, DACA did not provide a pathway to permanent legal residency, but made it possible for individuals who were brought to the United States as children to live and work here legally for a renewable two-year period, if they met the program's stringent qualifications and other requirements; and WHEREAS, since 2012, over 800,000 individuals have been approved for DACA, receiving deferred action fro...
• Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JOHN A. FRITCHEY, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, BRIDGET GAINER, LUIS ARROYO JR, DENNIS DEER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, DEBORAH SIMS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
9/13/2017	1	Board of Commissioners	suspend the rules	Pass
9/13/2017	1	Board of Commissioners	accept as substituted	Pass
9/13/2017	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass

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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FOR FILE ID 17-5196
County Board Agenda 9-13-2017

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REINSTATE THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM OR REPLACE IT WITH A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT LEGAL RESIDENCY

WHEREAS, President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, as a compromise measure after Congress failed to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would have provided certain eligible persons with a pathway to permanent legal residency; and

WHEREAS, DACA did not provide a pathway to permanent legal residency, but made it possible for individuals who were brought to the United States as children to live and work here legally for a renewable two-year period, if they met the program's stringent qualifications and other requirements; and

WHEREAS, since 2012, over 800,000 individuals have been approved for DACA, receiving deferred action from deportation, social security numbers, and temporary work authorization; and

WHEREAS, Illinois has the fourth-largest DACA beneficiary population nationwide with more than 42,000 Illinoisans who have benefitted from the program; and

WHEREAS, on September 5, 2017, President Donald Trump rescinded DACA and, effective March 5, 2018, no further renewals will be granted, unless Congress acts to reinstate the program; and

WHEREAS, a failure to continue DACA or replace it with a pathway to permanent legal residency in light of the President's actions will not only be severely disruptive to the lives of DACA beneficiaries who entrusted the government with personal information and came out of the shadows in exchange for relief from deportation and other DACA benefits, but may also adversely impact the United States economy, fracture communities, and engender greater distrust of government; and

WHEREAS, this country has always served as a beacon of hope to many suffering around the...