HCR 7 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
05/04
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 7
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to expedite the entry of political dissidents from Iraq and Afghanistan to the United States.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Lindsey, Ches 3
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This resolution urges Congress to expedite the entry of political dissidents from Iraq and Afghanistan to the United States.
11-0875
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to expedite the entry of political dissidents from Iraq and Afghanistan to the United States.
Whereas, since the beginning of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, millions of Iraqis and Afghanis have fled their homes for neighboring countries to avoid sectarian and other violence; and
Whereas, many Iraqis and Afghanis have put their lives and those of their families at risk by working for the United States government, United States corporations, the United States media, and other nongovernmental organizations; and
Whereas, many Iraqis and Afghanis are now seeking political asylum in the United States, but current screening practices by the United States Customs and Immigration Service, acting in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department, create untenable delays in processing such applications; and
Whereas, such persons remain in grave danger in their own country; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the New Hampshire general court urges Congress to introduce and support legislation designed to expedite the entry of political dissidents from Iraq and Afghanistan; and
That copies of this resolution, signed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president, be forwarded by the house clerk to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, and each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.