Amendment SSA1-SJR117

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 117

February 20, 2024 - Offered by Senators Pfaff, Agard, Hesselbein, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch.

SJR117-SSA1,1,2 Relating to: expressing support for federal bipartisan legislation to secure the southern border.

SJR117-SSA1,1,6 Whereas, all members of the Wisconsin State Legislature reaffirm their strong support for lawful and orderly immigration into the United States, as lawful and orderly immigration provides all of our states and the nation with innumerable economic, social, and cultural benefits; and

SJR117-SSA1,1,9 Whereas, the United States is facing a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the influx of individuals who are entering the United States without documentation; and

SJR117-SSA1,1,11 Whereas, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is understaffed and overworked due to the increase in individuals crossing the border; and

SJR117-SSA1,2,2 Whereas, for months, U.S. senators from both parties worked together in good faith to craft a bipartisan agreement to secure our southern border, invest in border security, disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into our country, and streamline our nation's asylum process; and

SJR117-SSA1,2,4 Whereas, the bipartisan agreement would ensure communities in Wisconsin receiving migrants would have the resources they need; and

SJR117-SSA1,2,8 Whereas, the bipartisan agreement was endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council, the organization that represents approximately 18,000 border patrol agents and personnel charged with enforcing our country's border security policies; and

SJR117-SSA1,2,11 Whereas, members of Congress from both parties, including Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate, approved of the negotiations and bipartisan legislation to secure the border and invest in border security; and

SJR117-SSA1,2,15 Whereas, this bipartisan compromise to invest in border security and provide needed resources to the border patrol was suddenly opposed by politicians who previously showed support for a bipartisan solution to secure the southern border; now, therefore, be it

SJR117-SSA1,2,19 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin State Legislature expresses support for bipartisan legislation in Congress to secure the southern border, keep fentanyl out of our communities, and fix our asylum system; and, be it further

SJR117-SSA1,2,23 Resolved, That the Wisconsin State Legislature expresses support for Congress to immediately stop putting politics before solutions and pass a bipartisan border security bill to assist the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and keep communities in Wisconsin safe.

SJR117-SSA1,2,24 (End)