SR0746 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, President Joe Biden's Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) has reported a significant spike in attempts to smuggle large amounts of fentanyl and illicit fentanyl-containing tablets across the southern border, resulting in higher incidents of fentanyl overdoses and deaths in the United States; and

WHEREAS, President Biden's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that nearly 1.8 million "gotaways" have entered the United States in recent years, and that a rising number of individuals on the terrorist watchlist have crossed the southern border into the United States; some but not all have been apprehended, and the FBI is actively trying to locate certain individuals from the terrorist watchlist who remain in this country and pose a serious threat to national security; and

WHEREAS, The influx of migrants into the United States has led to over 35,000 of those who crossed the U.S. southern border coming to the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Historical data shows that most migrants who enter the United States as asylum seekers will be denied asylum and will not be granted lawful permanent status in our country; and

WHEREAS, The migrants in Illinois have placed tremendous pressures on the Illinois Department of Human Services' budget and other budget areas, leading to a diversion of hundreds of millions in total state budget funds toward food, housing, healthcare, and other wraparound services for migrants; and

WHEREAS, Comprehensive services for migrants are crowding out other vital funding priorities for the State of Illinois, including adequate care and service hours for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community; and

WHEREAS, Illinois' nonpartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability recently projected a nearly $1 billion budget deficit for Fiscal Year 2025; and

WHEREAS, Illinois' Healthcare for Immigrant Program, which provides free healthcare to non-citizens, has ballooned in scope and cost to a point where it could cost as much as $1.1 billion during the current fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, The flow of migrants into communities across the State has resulted in increased class sizes in schools, which adversely affects property taxpayers; and

WHEREAS, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has intentionally failed to perform his sworn duties by knowingly and purposefully refusing to enforce immigration and border control laws passed by the U.S. Congress; and

WHEREAS, Through his willful refusal to enforce laws passed by the Congress and through his support of programs that violate immigration laws, Secretary Mayorkas has threatened national security by failing to prevent more than 10 million migrants from coming into the United States, including many suspected terrorists; and

WHEREAS, By refusing to comply with federal immigration laws, Secretary Mayorkas has also violated the separation of powers section of the Constitution; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the United States House of Representatives' action to impeach U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.