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Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/19/2019 | approve | Pass |
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| 1 | | URGING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO PREVENT THE DEPORTATION OF RECIPIENTS OF DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) TO STABILIZE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF IMPACTED Y | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
URGING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO PREVENT THE DEPORTATION OF RECIPIENTS OF DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) TO STABILIZE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF IMPACTED YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHEREAS, the separation of children from their parents is a violation of the human rights; and
WHEREAS, the rights of children should be protected so that they stay with their families; this is a core value of the democratic ideals of this country; and
WHEREAS, the current situation is forcing many U.S. citizen children to leave their communities and struggle to begin anew in their parents’ countries of origin. Often, they are placed in situations in which their rights as U.S. citizens are denied as well as their universal rights as children; and
WHEREAS, the five million U.S. citizen children and two million children brought to this nation as infants, and raised here among U.S. citizens, should not be deprived of the sacred right to family and parental guidance and suppor | recommend for approval | Pass |
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