HJR 17-1013 — Rescind Executive Order Regarding Immigration

First Regular Session Seventy-first General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCEDENGROSSED LLS NO.

R17-0922.01 Sharon Eubanks x4336 HJR17-1013 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Hansen and Michaelson Jenet, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Fields and Merrifield, House Committees Senate Committees HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 17-1013 UURGING RGING THE IMMEDIATE RESCISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS INTO THE U NITEDSNITED TATESSTATES THAT WAS ISSUED BY THEPTHE RESIDENTPRESIDENT OF THE U NITEDSTATESNITED STATES ON JANUARY 27, 2017.

and WHEREAS, In 1948, Congress passed the federal "Displaced Persons Act of 1948" following World War II to aid in the settlement of g 1 400,000 displaced persons;

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CapitalJ lettersWHEREAS,TheUnitedStatesjoined145othernationsasparties indicateto newthe material1967 toUnited beNations addedProtocol toon existingthe statute.status of refugees, and since 1975, the United States has accepted more than 3,300,000 refugees from theformerSovietUnion,Africa,Asia,Europe,theMiddleEast,andLatin America;

Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.

WHEREAS,TheUnitedStatesjoined145othernationsasparties to the 1967 United Nations Protocol on the status of refugees, and since 1975, the United States has accepted more than 3,300,000 refugees from theformerSovietUnion,Africa,Asia,Europe,theMiddleEast,andLatin America;

and -2- HJR17-10131013 WHEREAS, The January 27th Executive Order has a disproportionate impact on Muslims;

and (5) ThePresidentoftheUnitedStatesshouldimmediatelyrescind -3- HJR17-10131013 the January 27th Executive Order;

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