Senate Bill sb2782

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2782

    By Senator Saunders





    37-1832A-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution commending Irma Rivera and Hector

  3         Ortiz.

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  5         WHEREAS, Irma Rivera and Hector Ortiz, her husband,

  6  have demonstrated the vital role that concerned citizens play

  7  in combating violent crimes against children through their own

  8  persistence and courage in rescuing a 13-year-old Guatemalan

  9  girl and her premature infant son, and

10         WHEREAS, Ms. Rivera, after befriending this young

11  neighbor, discovered that she was being held captive as a

12  domestic and sex slave and undertook an extended odyssey for

13  more than a year of ardent and unfailing efforts to advocate

14  for and free this child and, subsequently, her child from

15  bondage at the hands of her captives, and

16         WHEREAS, the Rivera-Ortiz family are to be recognized

17  for their compassion and dedication to end the indenture of a

18  fellow human being and their dedication to assuring that the

19  systems in place in the State of Florida work toward ending

20  violence and involuntary servitude for all individuals who are

21  subject to such crimes against humanity, and

22         WHEREAS, Irma Rivera and Hector Ortiz are commended for

23  their courage and persistence and setting an example for all

24  of the people of Florida to recognize and address the serious

25  issue of human bondage and slavery, thereby assuring that any

26  person living in Florida not be held as a slave or victim of

27  human trafficking, NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2782
    37-1832A-06




 1         That Irma Rivera and Hector Ortiz are commended for

 2  demonstrating the value of human life for all of the people of

 3  the State of Florida through their courage and persistence.

 4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 5  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Irma

 6  Rivera and Hector Ortiz as a token of the sentiments of the

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