,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #ae1 #bjai,mr4
 ,malinowski 7for himself1 ,ms4         
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1  
,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4        
,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1
 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,ms4     
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4      
,pressley1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,jackson  
,lee1 and ,mr4 ,espaillat7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,condemning   
,president ,trump's racist comments     
directed at ,members of ,congress4      
,whereas the ,founders conceived        
,america as a haven of refuge for people
 fleeing from religious and political   
persecution1 and ,thomas ,jefferson1    
,alexander ,hamilton1 and ,james        
,madison all emphasized that the ,nation
 gained as it attracted new people in   
search of freedom and livelihood for    

their families2 ,whereas the            
,declaration of ,independence defined   
,america as a covenant based on         
equality1 the unalienable ,rights of    
life1 liberty and the pursuit of        
happiness1 and government by the consent
 of the people2 ,whereas ,benjamin      
,franklin said at the ,constitutional   
convention1 ,when foreigners after      
looking about for some other ,country in
 which they can obtain more happiness1  
give a preference to ours1 it is a proof
 of attachment which ought to excite our
 confidence and affection2 ,whereas     
,president ,franklin ,d4 ,roosevelt     
said1 ,remember1 remember always1 that  
all of us1 and you and ,i especially1   
are descended from immigrants and       
revolutionists2 ,whereas immigration of 
people from all over the ,earth has     
defined every stage of ,american history
 and propelled our social1 economic1    
political1 scientific1 cultural1        
artistic1 and technological progress as 
a people1 and all ,americans1 except for

 the descendants of ,native people and  
enslaved ,african ,americans1 are       
immigrants or descendants of immigrants2
 ,whereas the commitment to immigration 
and asylum has been not a partisan cause
 but a powerful national value that has 
infused the work of many ,presidents2   
,whereas ,american patriotism is defined
 not by race or ethnicity but by        
devotion to the ,constitutional ideals  
of equality1 liberty1 inclusion1 and    
democracy and by service to our         
communities and struggle for the common 
good2 ,whereas ,president ,john ,f4     
,kennedy1 whose family came to the      
,united ,states from ,ireland1 stated in
 his #aieh book ,a ,nation of           
,immigrants that ,the contribution of   
immigrants can be seen in every aspect  
of our national life4 ,we see it in     
religion1 in politics1 in business1 in  
the arts1 in education1 even in         
athletics and entertainment4 ,there is  
no part of our nation that has not been 
touched by our immigrant background4    

,everywhere immigrants have enriched and
 strengthened the fabric of ,american   
life42 ,whereas ,president ,ronald      
,reagan in his last speech as ,president
 conveyed ,an observation about a       
country which ,i love2 ,whereas as      
,president ,reagan observed1 the torch  
of ,lady ,liberty symbolizes our freedom
 and represents our heritage1 the       
compact with our parents1 our           
grandparents1 and our ancestors1 and it 
is the ,statue of ,liberty and its      
values that give us our great and       
special place in the world2 ,whereas    
other countries may seek to compete with
 us1 but in one vital area1 as a beacon 
of freedom and opportunity that draws   
the people of the world1 no country on  
,earth comes close2 ,whereas it is the  
great life force of each generation of  
new ,americans that guarantees that     
,america's triumph shall continue       
unsurpassed through the #bast century   
and beyond and is part of the magical1  
intoxicating power of ,america2 ,whereas

 this is one of the most important      
sources of ,america's greatness3 we lead
 the world because1 unique among        
nations1 we draw our people -- our      
strength -- from every country and every
 corner of the world1 and by doing so we
 continuously renew and enrich our      
nation2 ,whereas thanks to each wave of 
new arrivals to this land of            
opportunity1 we're a nation forever     
young1 forever bursting with energy and 
new ideas1 and always on the cutting    
edge1 always leading the world to the   
next frontier2 ,whereas this openness is
 vital to our future as a ,nation1 and  
if we ever closed the door to new       
,americans1 our leadership in the world 
would soon be lost2 and ,whereas        
,president ,donald ,trump's racist      
comments have legitimized fear and      
hatred of new ,americans and people of  
color3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7      
believes that immigrants and their      
descendants have made ,america stronger1

 and that those who take the oath of    
citizenship are every bit as ,american  
as those whose families have lived in   
the ,united ,states for many            
generations2  7#b7 is committed to      
keeping ,america open to those lawfully 
seeking refuge and asylum from violence 
and oppression1 and those who are       
willing to work hard to live the        
,american ,dream1 no matter their race1 
ethnicity1 faith1 or country of origin2 
and  7#c7 strongly condemns ,president  
,donald ,trump's racist comments that   
have legitimized and increased fear and 
hatred of new ,americans and people of  
color by saying that our fellow         
,americans who are immigrants1 and those
 who may look to the ,president like    
immigrants1 should 8go back0 to other   
countries1 by referring to immigrants   
and asylum seekers as 8invaders10 and by
 saying that ,members of ,congress who  
are immigrants 7or those of our         
colleagues who are wrongly assumed to be
 immigrants7 do not belong in ,congress 

or in the ,united ,states of ,america4