House
Resolution
18
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
18
BY
GAINES
A
Resolution
urging
Iowa’s
congressional
delegation
to
1
support
and
the
United
States
Congress
to
pass
the
2
American
Dream
and
Promise
Act
of
2019.
3
WHEREAS,
on
June
15,
2012,
the
United
States
4
Department
of
Homeland
Security
(DHS)
announced
that
5
it
would
not
deport
certain
undocumented
youth
who
6
came
to
the
United
States
as
children
and
granted
them
7
“deferred
action”;
and
8
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
United
States
Citizenship
9
and
Immigration
Services,
5,454
Iowans
applied
for
this
10
Deferred
Action
for
Childhood
Arrivals
(DACA)
program
11
since
its
introduction
and
3,100
Iowans
received
work
12
authorization
and
protection
from
deportation
through
13
the
DACA
program;
and
14
WHEREAS,
studies
show
that
DACA
recipients
have
15
made
and
continue
to
make
significant,
positive
16
contributions
to
their
communities
and
economies
by
17
increasing
tax
revenue
for
states
and
localities,
18
starting
their
own
businesses,
earning
higher
wages,
19
participating
more
fully
in
the
workforce,
and
pursuing
20
educational
opportunities
that
they
previously
could
21
not
access;
and
22
WHEREAS,
on
September
5,
2017,
the
current
23
presidential
administration
announced
plans
to
phase
24
out
DACA,
but
implementation
was
put
on
hold
to
allow
25
Congress
time
to
pass
the
Development,
Relief,
and
26
Education
for
Alien
Minors
(DREAM)
Act
or
some
other
27
legislative
protection,
however,
Congress
failed
to
act
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and
the
time
extension
expired
on
March
5,
2018;
and
1
WHEREAS,
several
courts
have
blocked
the
plan
to
2
phase
out
the
DACA
program
and
have
ordered
United
3
States
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
to
continue
4
accepting
and
processing
renewal
applications;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Temporary
Protected
Status
(TPS)
is
a
6
temporary
status
granted
by
the
government
that
allows
7
a
person
to
live
and
work
in
the
United
States
and
is
8
given
to
eligible
nationals
of
designated
countries
9
afflicted
by
natural
disasters,
war,
or
other
dangerous
10
conditions;
and
11
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
Pew
Research
Center,
TPS
12
currently
protects
approximately
320,000
people
in
the
13
United
States
from
10
countries
who
would
otherwise
be
14
deported
to
areas
suffering
from
disease,
violence,
15
starvation,
the
aftermath
of
natural
disasters,
and
16
other
life-threatening
conditions;
and
17
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
Pew
Research
Center,
the
18
largest
group
of
TPS
recipients
is
from
El
Salvador
19
(195,000
people),
followed
by
Honduras
(57,000
people)
20
and
Haiti
(50,000
people);
and
21
WHEREAS,
most
TPS
holders
in
Iowa
are
from
El
22
Salvador
and
Honduras
and
they,
and
their
families,
23
have
been
significant,
contributing
members
of
24
their
communities
and
local
economies
for
nearly
20
25
years;
and
26
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
Immigrant
Legal
Resource
27
Center,
ending
TPS
will
devastate
the
United
States
28
economy
as
deporting
TPS
recipients
from
El
Salvador,
29
Honduras,
and
Haiti
would
cost
taxpayers
over
$3
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billion.
Over
a
decade,
the
inability
of
these
1
individuals
to
work
would
result
in
over
$45
billion
2
in
lost
gross
domestic
product
and
$6.9
billion
in
3
lost
Social
Security
and
Medicare
contributions.
4
Moreover,
employers
would
incur
close
to
$1
billion
in
5
turnover
costs
for
the
wholesale
termination
of
TPS
6
recipients;
and
7
WHEREAS,
terminating
TPS
before
countries
are
8
sufficiently
recovered
will
have
a
profoundly
9
destabilizing
effect
which
will
be
felt
in
countries
10
in
need,
by
their
neighbors,
and
at
the
United
States
11
borders,
as
more
people
flee
their
countries
to
save
12
their
lives
and
the
lives
of
their
families;
and
13
WHEREAS,
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
has
14
already
denied
extension
of
TPS
status
to
several
15
countries,
which
means
that
current
recipients
will
16
lose
their
ability
to
work
legally
in
the
United
States
17
and
will
be
at
risk
of
being
deported
back
to
dangerous
18
conditions
in
their
home
countries;
and
19
WHEREAS,
TPS
recipients
have
filed
a
class-action
20
lawsuit,
which
has
blocked
the
termination
for
Sudan,
21
Nicaragua,
El
Salvador,
and
Haiti,
but
has
left
many
22
TPS
recipients
from
other
countries
in
a
state
of
fear
23
and
confusion;
and,
24
WHEREAS,
on
March
12,
2019,
Representative
Lucille
25
Roybal-Allard
introduced
the
American
Dream
and
26
Promise
Act
of
2019
in
the
United
States
House
of
27
Representatives,
which
would
provide
DACA
and
TPS
28
recipients,
along
with
other
immigrants
residing
in
the
29
United
States,
with
protection
from
deportation
and
an
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opportunity
to
obtain
permanent
legal
status
in
the
1
United
States
if
they
meet
certain
requirements;
and
2
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
National
Immigration
3
Forum,
the
American
Dream
and
Promise
Act
would
allow
4
nearly
700,000
DACA
recipients,
as
well
as
another
5
1.6
million
eligible
immigrants
brought
to
America
as
6
children,
and
over
300,000
TPS
recipients,
to
stay
in
7
the
United
States;
NOW
THEREFORE,
8
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
9
the
House
of
Representatives
respectfully
requests
that
10
Iowa’s
congressional
delegation
support
and
the
United
11
States
Congress
pass
the
American
Dream
and
Promise
Act
12
of
2019;
and
13
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
copies
of
this
14
Resolution
be
transmitted
to
Majority
Leader
of
the
15
United
States
Senate
Mitchell
McConnell,
Jr.,
Speaker
16
of
the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
Nancy
17
Pelosi,
and
to
each
member
of
Iowa’s
congressional
18
delegation.
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