HM 1627

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the United States Government and the
3	Congress of the United States, requesting the United
4	States Government to expeditiously amend federal
5	immigration policies to grant "Credible Fear Interviews"
6	and Temporary Protected Status to Haitians, requesting the
7	United States Government to move expeditiously in
8	implementing such changes, and urging Congress to amend
9	current federal immigration laws to grant Temporary
10	Protective Status to Haitians on the same terms as other
11	persons fleeing their home county because of political,
12	religious, and other recognized persecution.
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14	WHEREAS, the United States of America is known worldwide as
15	the land of the free and the home of the brave, and
16	WHEREAS, thousands of individuals flee civil unrest and
17	political persecution in their home countries in search of basic
18	freedoms, and
19	WHEREAS, individuals come to the United States of America
20	searching for a safe haven from their home countries where they
21	fear persecution, and
22	WHEREAS, under the current federal policy, political
23	refugees who reach the United States are granted "Credible Fear
24	Interviews," and
25	WHEREAS, the current federal immigration laws provide
26	Temporary Protective Status for some persons, and
27	WHEREAS, the Department of Homeland Security is also
28	authorized to grant such status under certain circumstances,
29	NOW, THEREFORE,
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31	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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33	That the United States Government is requested to
34	expeditiously amend current federal immigration policies, by
35	change of law if necessary, to allow Haitians fleeing their home
36	country because of political, religious, and other recognized
37	persecution and who have reached the United States soil to be
38	granted "Credible Fear Interviews" and to be granted Temporary
39	Protective Status.
40	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Government is
41	requested to act expeditiously to grant Temporary Protective
42	Status to Haitians in our country who have fled their home
43	country because of political, religious, and other recognized
44	persecution.
45	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Congress of the United
46	States is urged to amend federal immigration laws to grant
47	Temporary Protective Status to Haitians, on the same terms as
48	other persons fleeing their home country because of political,
49	religious, and other recognized persecution.
50	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
51	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
52	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
53	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
54	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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