SR 25-005 — United States Government Treatment of Immigrants

SENATEFirst RESOLUTIONRegular 25-005Session BYSeventy-fifth SENATOR(S)General GonzalesAssembly J.STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED LLS NO.

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Senate Committees SENATE RESOLUTION 25-005 C ONCERNING THE U NITED S TATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 'S UNJUST USEOFTHE A LIEN ENEMIES ACTTOINDISCRIMINATELYTARGET IMMIGRANTS .

Trump announced his plan to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for the federal government "to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminatetheeliminate presencethe ofallpresenceofallforeigngangsandcriminalnetworksbringingdevastating foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to United States soil, including our cities and inner cities";

and WHEREAS, At a campaign stop in Aurora, Colorado on October 11, 2024, Trump suggested the use of the Alien Enemies Act as part of his "OperationAurora""Operation Aurora" plan to "target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil";

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,TheAlienEnemiesActisreferenced TheAlienEnemiesinProject2025, Act is referencedinProject2025, the blueprintblueprintrganized organizedbythe by the Heritage F,oundationFoundation that aligns with over 60 actions that the Trump administration h~shas taken in its first month;

and g R 2 WHEREAS, After his inauguration, President Trump signed severalE executivea orders, relatedA toF immigration,1 includingN ane executiver orderShading titleddenotes "ProtectingHOUSE theamendment. American People Against Invasion", which is designed to "expand the use of expedited removal" of undocumented immigrants under the guise ofnational security;

andDouble WHEREAS,underlining Presidentdenotes TrumpSENATE hasamendmeStn declaredr aCapital nationalletters emergencyor atbold the& Uniteditalic States-Mexiconumbers borderindicate and·new hasmaterial instructedto severalbe federaladded agencies, includingCustoms andBorderPatrolandImmigrationCustoms and Enforcement, to indiscriminatelymxesting targetlaw. immigrants and undocumented people across the country;

andDashes WHEREAS,through Presidentthe Trumpwords hasor •anumbers historyindicate ofdeletions repeatedlyfrom usingexisting dehumanizinglaw.A languageF several executive orders related to describeimmigration, immigrants;including an executive ordertitled"ProtectingtheAmericanPeopleAgainstInvasion",whichis designed to "expand the use of expedited removal" of undocumented immigrants under the guise of national security;

and WHEREAS, During his previous term, President Trump usedhas hisdeclared authorityasa presidentnational toemergency continueat the ObamaUnited administrationStates-Mexico practiceborder ofand separatinghas familiesinstructed andseveral detainingfederal migrants,agencies,includingCustomsandBorderPatrolandImmigrationCustoms includingand children,Enforcement, mto concentrationindiscriminately campstarget atimmigrants theand Unitedundocumented States-Mexicopeople border;across the country;

and WHEREAS, ThePresident AlienTrump Enemieshas Acta washistory first passed in 1798 as one of fourrepeatedlusing Aliendehumanizing andlanguage Sedition Acts, giving authority during wartime to thedescribe presidenttoimmigrants; detain or deport the natives and citizensan enemy nation;

and WHEREAS, TheDuring Unitedhis Statesprevious isterm, notPresident atTrump warused withhis anyauthority country,as andpresident thereforeto therecontinue arethe neitherObama nativesadministration norpractice citizensof anseparatingfamilies enemyand nationdetaining tomigrants, beincluding detained;children, in concentration camps at the United States-Mexico border;

and WHEREAS, InThe 1941,Alien followingEnemies Act was first passed in 1798 as one of four Alien and Sedition Acts, giving authority during wartime to the Japanesepresident attackto ondetain Pearlor Harbor,deport PresidentFranklinD.the natives and citizens of an enemy nation;

RooseveltusedtheAlienEnemies Actto arrest and unjustlydetainWHEREAS,TheUnitedStatesisnotatwarwithanycountry,and innocentJapanesetherefore communityleadersthere onthewestcoastare ofneither thenatives Unitednor Statescitizens withoutof duean processenemy innation Departmentto ofbe Justicedetained; "internment" camps;

and WHEREAS, In 1942,1941, Presidentfollowing Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forced removal ofat least 120,000 people of Japanese descent,attack ofon whomPearl approximatelyHarbor, 70,000President wereFranklin AmericanD. citizens, for placement into concentration camps, stripping themftheir possessions, businesses, livelihoods, and dignity;

andRoosevelt WHEREAS,used The concentration camps were built hastily by the WarAlien RelocationEnemies AuthorityAct andto keptarrest the Japanese and Japanese-Americanunjustly incarcereesdetain underinnocent armedsurveillanceJapanese atcommunity alltimes,leaders forcingon the detaineeswest tocoast faceof thehardshipsthe ofextremeweatherUnited conditions,States lackwithout ofprivacy,due mentalprocess andin emotionalDepartment stress,of andJustice the"internment" disruptionoffamilycamps; unity;

and PAGEWHEREAS,In1942,PresidentRooseveltsignedExecutiveOrder 2-SENATE9066, RESOLUTIONwhich 25-005authorized WHEREAS,the Oneforced removal of theat tenleast United120,000 Statespeople of Japanese descent, of whom approximately 70,000 were American citizens, for placement into concentration camps, Amache,wasbuiltinGranada,stripping Coloradothem andremainsof aphysicalremindertheir ofthispossessions, darkbusinesses, chapterlivelihoods, ofAmericanand history;dignity;

and WHEREAS, InThe 1988,concentration thecamps Civilwere Libertiesbuilt Acthastily wasby signedthe intoWarRelocationAuthorityandkepttheJapaneseandJapanese-American law,-2- which005 issuedincarcereesunderarmedsurveillanceatalltimes,forcingthedetaineesto afacethehardshipsofextremeweatherconditions,lackofprivacy,mental formaland apologyemotional forstress, the wartime incarceration order and provided reparations to the livingdisruption survivorsoftheof incarceration;family unity;

and WHEREAS, SeveralOne timesof since 1988, Congress and the executiveten branch have issued apologies for wartime incarceration, and more recently a decision by the United States Supremeconcentration Courtcamps, overruledAmache,wasbuiltinGranada,Coloradoandremainsaphysicalreminder theof Korematsuthis decision,dark therebychapter acknowledgingof theAmerican errorhistory; ofthis action;

and WHEREAS, In 1988, the Civil Liberties Act was signed into law, which issued a formal apology for the wartime incarceration order and provided reparations to the living survivors of the incarceration;

and WHEREAS,Severaltimessince1988,Congressandtheexecutive branch have issued apologies for wartime incarceration, and more recently a decision by the United States Supreme Court overruled the Korematsu decision,therebyacknowledging the error of this action;

and WHEREAS, Individuals, including many Japanese-American descendants ofwartimeof wartime incarceration, h.avehave voiced their concerns about thethedehumanizinglanguageandactionsagainstimmigrantsintheUnited dehumanizing language and actions against immigrants intheUnited States and have drawn parallels between the Japanese-American mass incarceration and the actions of the federal government today against immigrants and their families;

now, therefore, BeBeItResolvedbytheSenateoftheSeventy-fifthGeneralAssembly Itof Resolvedby the Senate ofthe Seventy-fifth GeneralAssemblyof the State ofColorado:of Colorado:

That we, the members oftheof the Colorado Senate:

(1) ExpressExpressdisapprovalofthefederalgovernment'sinvocatioof disapprovalthe ofthe federal government's invocation ofthe Alien Enemies Act to target non-citizens living peacefully in the United States;

and (2) Call on Governor Jared Polis .toto vocalize his support for all ColoradansColoradansandusehisofficetobuildsolidarityandtrustwithimmigrant anduse his officeto build solidarity andtrustwith immigrant communities;

and (3) Call on Senators Michael BennetBenneand and John Hickenlooper of -3- 005 Colorado to sign on to Senator Mazie.Hirono'sMazie Hirono's introduced bill in the UnitedStatesUnitedStatesSenate,theNeighborsNotEnemiesAct,torepealtheAlien Senate, theNeighborsNotEnemies Act, torepealtheAlien PAGE 3-SENATE RESOLUTION 25-005 Enemies Act;

and (4) Call on Representatives Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, JeffHurd,Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, Jason Crow, Brittany Pettersen, and Gabe Evans ofColoradoof Colorado to sign on to Representative Ilhan Omar's introduced bill in the United States House of Representatives, the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, to repeal the Alien Enemies Act.

Esther-4- van005 Mourik PRESIDENT OF SECRETARY OF THE SENATE THE SENATE PAGE 4-SENATE RESOLUTION 25-005