[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 47 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 47

                      Concerning criminal aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1993

Mr. Beilenson submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
                      Concerning criminal aliens.

Whereas the Federal Government has sole jurisdiction over the enforcement of 
        United States immigration laws;
Whereas the Federal Government has failed to enforce such laws adequately, 
        resulting in the unlawful entry into the United States of millions of 
        illegal immigrants each year;
Whereas the Federal Government also has sole jurisdiction over the deportation 
        of immigrant aliens who have been convicted of certain felonies;
Whereas illegal and legal immigrants represent a substantial portion of the 
        prison populations of several States and local communities in the United 
        States;
Whereas the presence of large numbers of criminal aliens has placed an enormous 
        financial burden on the criminal justice systems of the affected 
        communities;
Whereas Congress recognized this burden in the Immigration Reform and Control 
        Act of 1986 (IRCA), and called for the ``expeditious deportation'' by 
        the Federal Government of convicted aliens;
Whereas IRCA also called for the reimbursement to States for costs incurred for 
        the imprisonment of illegal aliens; and
Whereas none of the commitments made by Congress in IRCA to alleviate the burden 
        of criminal aliens on States and local communities have been fulfilled: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Federal Government should acknowledge its responsibility to 
enforce United States immigration law, and that the Attorney General 
should establish as a priority, through the allocation of adequate 
resources, the identification and deportation of criminal aliens in an 
expeditious manner.

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