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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 49
Author: Gonzalez (D), et al.
Amended: 8/19/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-18, 8/21/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Immigration: deportation
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges President Obama to take
executive action to suspend any further deportations of
unauthorized individuals with no serious criminal history.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.According to the Pew Hispanic Center, in 2011, there were 11.1
million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States.
2.Deportations have reached record levels under President Obama,
rising to an annual average of nearly 400,000 since 2009.
3.Separation of children from their parents, irrespective of
immigration status, always results in severe consequences for
young children, who are often left with no parental guidance
or care and a highly unstable financial situation.
4.California is home to approximately 10.3 million immigrants of
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which approximately 2.6 million are not authorized to live in
the United States.
5.Many members of Congress recently signed a letter requesting
President Obama to suspend any further deportations.
6.Since California is home to a large number of unauthorized
immigrants from all parts of the world, this state should make
it a priority to keep families together and continue to press
President Obama and Congress for a solution to our broken
federal immigration system.
This resolution urges President Obama to take executive action
to suspend any further deportations of unauthorized individuals
with no serious criminal history.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/14)
California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc.
Hermandad Mexicana Humanitarian Foundation
Protect Our Families
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-18, 8/21/14
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall,
Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal,
Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Allen, Bigelow, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove,
Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez,
Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron
NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Ch�vez, Conway, Gorell, Linder,
Wilk, Vacancy
AL:e 8/29/14 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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