King County - File #: 2006-0203

• File #: 2006-0203
• Version: 2
• Type: Motion
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/1/2006
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• Final action: 5/22/2006
• Enactment #: 12293
• Title: A MOTION establishing King County's support of and advocacy for comprehensive and effective immigration reform that respects established civil rights, ensures due process of law for immigrants, including freedom from racial profiling and enforcement that is neither arbitrary or selective, reunites and protects families, protects workers regardless of immigration status, offers a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in this nation and therefore leads to the strengthening of our borders and national security, as a priority for action in the 2006 (FY 2007) Federal Agenda - Legislative Interests for King County.
• Sponsors: Dow Constantine, Larry Gossett, Bob Ferguson, Larry Phillips, Julia Patterson, Pete von Reichbauer
• Indexes: Legislature, Lobbying

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/22/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
5/15/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Deferred
5/8/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Deferred
5/8/2006	1	Committee of the Whole	Passed Out of Committee Without a Recommendation	Pass
5/1/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

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Clerk 05/23/2006
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A MOTION establishing King County's support of and advocacy for comprehensive and effective immigration reform that respects established civil rights, ensures due process of law for immigrants, including freedom from racial profiling and enforcement that is neither arbitrary or selective, reunites and protects families, protects workers regardless of immigration status, offers a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in this nation and therefore leads to the strengthening of our borders and national security, as a priority for action in the 2006 (FY 2007) Federal Agenda - Legislative Interests for King County.
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WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council and the King County executive recognize that the United States is truly a nation of immigrants and, as such, must recognize that our nation's wealth and prosperity was built in significant part by the tireless dedication of the millions of immigrants who have made the United States of America their home, and
WHEREAS, comprehensive and effective immigration reform will give our undocumented neighbors who have been living and working in King County a lawful and orderly path to permanent legal status and citizenship, while recognizing their established civil rights and need for protections from exploitation for all workers in King County and the United States, and
WHEREAS, comprehensive and effective immigration reform will restore and protect immigrants' rights to due process of law, provide freedom from racial profiling and ensure consistent enforcement that is not arbitrary nor selective, and
WHEREAS, comprehensive and effective immigration reform will respect the established civil rights of all of our county's residents and will eliminate the backlog in family immigration, helping in the reunification of families in King County and our nation, and will create a lawful and orderly process for people who want to come to our country an...