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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 9, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Mar 9, 2011
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 9, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration, (2) current immigration laws should be enforced to the highest extent of the law, (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ) should not use taxpayer funds to sue states or local jurisdictions that are forced to pass their own immigration legislation due to the federal government's failure to act on the issue, and (4) federal legislation to enhance border security and immigration law enforcement should be passed quickly in order to ease the burden on state and local governments.

What's happening now March 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Mar 30, 2011
ROYCE, ED
· Mar 16, 2011
JOHNSON, SAM
· Mar 9, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 29: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-29/
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"H. Con. Res. 29: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-29/.
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H. Con. Res. 29, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-29/.
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[H. Con. Res. 29: 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/112-HCONRES-29/)
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