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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…

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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.

Introduced: March 6, 2007 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 19, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 6, 2007
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) state and local government agencies 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) enhanced border security and enforcement legislation should be passed quickly in order to ease the burden on state and local government agencies.

What's happening now March 19, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Sep 25, 2007
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Carter, John R.
Texas · Sep 18, 2007
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 12, 2007
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 12, 2007
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 6, 2007
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 6, 2007
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 6, 2007
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 6, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 83: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-83/
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"H. Con. Res. 83: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-83/.
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H. Con. Res. 83, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-83/.
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[H. Con. Res. 83: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-83/)
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