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Resolution: R-13-0070
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3500 Pan American
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 13-00224 Final Action Date: 2/28/2013
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
URGING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAAND THE 113TH CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES TO ENACT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIVE PRINCIPLES EMBRACED BY THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT
A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, recent polls indicate that a majority of Americas favor comprehensive immigration
reform, including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living and working in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, during the past decade both President George W. Bush, a Republican, and
President Barack Obama, a Democrat, have supported the passage of comprehensive immigration
reform; and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate approved by a vote of 62-36, a bipartisan
comprehensive immigration reform bill, but thereafter the bill died in the United States House; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama and leading Republicans, including Senator Marco
Rubio, have indicated strong support for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill in 2013 that
includes strengthening border security, imposing penalties for employers that hire undocumented
workers, and providing a pathway for undocumented immigrants already in the United States to gain
citizenship; and
WHEREAS, advocates of comprehensive immigration reform include a broad range of groups
across a wide spectrum of political views; and
WHEREAS, prominent business and municipal leaders throughout the country have created
the organization "Partnership for a New American Economy" to advocate for sensible immigration
reform; and
WHEREAS, Partnership for a New American Economy has published five principles that
should be incorporated into a modern immigration system: (1) attracting and retaining the world's top
innovators and entrepreneurs; (2) recruiting talented workers needed to fill gaps in high- and low -
skilled sectors of the economy; (3) bringing 11 million undocumented immigrants into the legal
economy so that they can pay taxes, attain better education; and contribute more to the economic
growth of the United States; (4) developing a state of the arts system to ensure that immigration laws
are enforced and obeyed; and (5) ensuring that the immigration system is easy to understand, easy
to navigate, and easy to implement; and
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WHEREAS, the timing is now opportune for the United States Congress to enact comprehensive
immigration reform;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission urges President Barack Obama and the 113th Congress
of the United States to enact comprehensive immigration reform that incorporates the five principles
embraced by the Partnership for a New American Economy, attached and incorporated.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to President Barack
Obama, the Members of the Florida Congressional Delegation, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator
Lindsey Graham, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bob Menendez, Senator John McCain, Senator
Richard Durbin, Senator Michael Bennett, Senator Jeff Flake, and the Secretary of the United States
Department of Homeland Security.
Section 4. The City Manager is directed to instruct the City of Miami's federal lobbyists to
advocate for the action set forth in Section 2 above, and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs is
directed to include this item in the 2013 list of federal legislative priorities.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
{1 } If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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