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THIRD READING
Bill No: SR 40
Author: Correa (D), Beall (D), Block (D), Cannella (R),
Corbett (D),
de Le�n (D), DeSaulnier (D), Evans (D), Hancock (D),
Hernandez (D), Hill (D), Hueso (D), Jackson (D), Lara
(D),
Leno (D), Lieu (D), Liu (D), Mitchell (D), Monning
(D), Padilla (D),
Pavley (D), Roth (D), Steinberg (D), Torres (D), and
Wolk (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE : 6-1, 5/6/14
AYES: Jackson, Corbett, Lara, Leno, Monning, Vidak
NOES: Anderson
SUBJECT : Immigration
SOURCE : California Protect Our Families Campaign
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;
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2.Deportations have reached record levels under President Obama,
rising to an annual average of nearly 400,000 since 2009;
3.According to Congress members Raul M. Grijalva and Yvette
Clarke, although the Obama Administration reportedly
prioritized deporting only criminals, many individuals with no
serious criminal history consistently have been deported;
4.Increased deportations and a continuously broken immigration
system exacerbate the living conditions of United States
citizen children whose parents have been deported;
5.California is home to approximately 10.3 million immigrants of
which approximately 2.6 million are unauthorized to live in
the United States; and
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.
Background
Based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau as of March
2010, an estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants live in
the U.S., making up 4% of the nation's population, and 5.2% of
the nation's workforce. Passel and Cohn, Unauthorized Immigrant
Population: National and State Trends, 2010 (Feb. 1, 2011)
[as of Apr. 24, 2014].)
According to a 2011 research project, California has by far the
largest unauthorized-immigrant population (2.55 million), which
accounts for 6.8% of the state's population, and is among the
states where unauthorized immigrants constitute the largest
shares of the overall populations. (Passel and Cohn,
Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends,
2010 (Feb. 1, 2011) SR 40
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org/2011/02/01/iv-state-settlement-patterns/> [as of Apr. 24,
2014].) Further, unauthorized workers constitute roughly 10% of
California's labor force and are especially likely to hold
low-skilled jobs. (See Pew Hispanic Center, A Portrait of
Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States (Apr. 14, 2009).)
In 2012, the Department of Homeland Security issued a directive
referred to as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA), which provides certain undocumented individuals relief
from removal from the U.S. or from entering into removal
proceedings for a period of up to two years, subject to renewal,
and eligibility to apply for work authorization. Yet,
deportations have reached a record level of 2 million, rising to
an annual average of 400,000 since 2009. (Lopez, As
Deportations Rise to Record Levels, Most Latinos Oppose Obama's
Policy (Dec. 28, 2011) [as of Apr. 24, 2014].) According to the
National Immigration Law Center, more than 1,000 immigrants are
separated from their families and communities each day.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Per Senate Judiciary Committee analysis of
5/5/14--unable to reverify at time of writing)
California Protect Our Families Campaign (source)
California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc.
Hermandad Mexicana Humanitarian Foundation
Mexican American Political Association
Protect Our Families - Save the Children Campaign
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author:
Increased deportation and a broken immigration system exacerbate
the living conditions of U.S. citizen children whose parents
have been deported. Separating children from their parents,
irrespective of immigration status, results in severe
consequences for children who are left with no parental guidance
or care in a highly unstable financial situation.
Therefore, it is vital that the state support an end to the
deportation of legalization-eligible immigrants and support a
more humanitarian immigration policy that keeps families
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together. The fiscal and social cost to California due to
family separations and the loss of their children is enormous
and inhumane.
This resolution calls upon President Obama to expand temporary
protective status to all legalization-eligible immigrants
through executive action, initiate a 'deferred action'
legalization process and thereby cease the deportation of all
eligible
immigrants and families who have no serious criminal history,
until Congress adopts humane and inclusive comprehensive
immigration reform legislation.
AL:e 5/7/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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