H.Con.Res. 19 · 111th Congress

Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ted Poe
Introduced
2009-01-09
Latest action
2009-02-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration; (2) current laws governing immigration enforcement should be enforced to the highest extent of the law; and (3) legislation to enhance border security and the enforcement of immigration laws should be passed quickly in order to ease the burden on state and local government agencies.