,,iv  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjaf   
,mr4 ,grijalva 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,ellison1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,ms4       
,moore1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,rangel1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4
 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,takai1 ,mr4 ,vargas1    
,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of          
,california1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 ,ms4
 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4   
,mc,dermott1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,lee1
 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4    
,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,meng1
 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 and ,mr4   
,van ,hollen7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
immigration policies of the ,united     
,states should reduce automatic removal 

and detention1 restore due process for  
immigrants1 and repeal unnecessary      
barriers to legal immigration4  ,whereas
 ,april #bd1 #bjaf1 marks the #bj-year  
anniversary of the ,antiterrorism and   
,effective ,death ,penalty ,act of      
#aiif1 and ,september #cj1 #bjaf1 marks 
the #bj-year anniversary of the ,illegal
 ,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant    
,responsibility ,act of #aiif1 laws     
which dramatically expanded the         
criminalization of immigrants by        
expanding the range of convictions for  
which immigrants are automatically      
detained and removed2 ,whereas there is 
growing bipartisan acknowledgment of the
 devastating impact that the criminal   
justice system has on communities of    
color and that an immigration system    
that relies on the criminalization of   
immigrants compounds that injustice2    
,whereas these laws removed discretion  
from immigration judges and restricted  
their ability to consider whether to    
remove an immigrant or weigh the        

individual circumstances of a case1 and 
leaders from the ,national ,association 
of ,immigration ,judges support the     
restoration of this discretion2 ,whereas
 these laws prohibit judicial review of 
case decisions1 which undermine the     
constitutional protections of due       
process2 ,whereas leaders from law      
enforcement1 including the ,national    
,association of ,district ,attorneys and
 the ,association of ,prosecuting       
,attorneys1 acknowledge that these laws 
drastically expanded the definition of  
aggravated felonies to be overly broad  
and that the ,congress must narrow this 
definition2 ,whereas the overbroad      
definition of aggravated felony1 which  
includes petty offenses such as         
shoplifting1 writing a bad check1 or    
misdemeanor controlled substance        
offenses1 has led to the removal of     
lawful permanent residents who1 on      
average1 have lived legally in the      
,united ,states for #ae years2 ,whereas 
,human ,rights ,watch found that between

 #aiig and #bjjg1 of the #ijj1jjj       
immigrants removed on criminal grounds1 
#gb percent were convicted of nonviolent
 offenses2 ,whereas these laws require  
mandatory detention and have led to the 
incarceration and long-term detention of
 thousands of immigrants in for-profit  
detention centers without access to     
representation2 ,whereas the ,illegal   
,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant     
,responsibility ,act of #aiif created   
the #bhg7;g7 program1 which deputizes   
local law enforcement to enforce        
,federal immigration law1 threatens the 
rights of ,united ,states citizens and  
immigrants alike1 and contributes to    
racial profiling in multiple            
jurisdictions2 ,whereas these laws      
created several fast-track removal      
processes that violate the due process  
rights of noncitizens1 asylum seekers1  
and other vulnerable populations by     
expediting their removal without        
adequate opportunity to contest their   
case2 and ,whereas the ,illegal         

,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant     
,responsibility ,act of #aiif created   
the three-year1 ten-year1 and permanent 
bars1 which prohibit immigrants who have
 a valid family sponsor from obtaining  
lawful permanent resident status1 and   
other barriers that restrict the ability
 of otherwise eligible individuals to   
obtain lawful immigration status3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives supports immigration   
legislation that-- 7#a7 acknowledges    
that immigrants and their families in   
the ,united ,states have inherent       
dignity and are deserving of human      
rights2  7#b7 restores proportionality  
and fairness to our immigration system  
by updating the definition of aggravated
 felony2  7#c7 restores discretion to   
immigration judges to waive grounds of  
inadmissibility and deportability1 which
 determine who is removed and who can   
obtain permanent status1 based on family
 and community equities1 humanitarian   
considerations1 other individualized    

circumstances1 or because it is in the  
public interest2  7#d7 restores judicial
 review of case decisions to protect due
 process2  7#e7 eliminates mandatory    
detention and prolonged detention for   
immigrants in all cases and preserves   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security's 
authority to exercise discretion in     
determining when to detain an           
individual2  7#f7 repeals the #bhg7;g7  
program and any successor programs that 
similarly entangle local law enforcement
 with ,federal immigration authorities2 
and  7#g7 repeals the three-year1       
ten-year1 and permanent bars and other  
unnecessary barriers to legal           
immigration4