Resolution Supporting
Legal Immigration to
the United States

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGAL IMMIGRATION
TO THE UNITED STATES

Sponsored by Bob McEntee
Adopted by the State Central Committee, August 19, 2023

WHEREAS, Utah and the nation are impacted negatively by illegal immigration and

WHEREAS, the Utah GOP Platform sanctions only legal immigration and declares that “We believe control of our borders is an urgent national security interest and our national sovereignty depends on those secure borders.” and

WHEREAS, the Utah GOP Platform also clearly states: “We oppose all forms of amnesty or legal status for illegal immigrants. We support suspending automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal immigrant parents.” Most countries define and valued their citizenship, we need to do the same before we bankrupt our country or grant voting opportunities* to illegal immigrants. A Rasmussen poll* found 82% of Republicans agree we have a border crisis and,

WHEREAS, Even 2024 Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised he will “make the border impervious” if elected and referred to those coming here illegally as “illegal immigrants”. An impervious border prevents terrorists or other national threats defined in HR-2* and,

WHEREAS, Organized crime syndicates are profiting and growing in power and influence from human trafficking and sales of deadly illegal drugs while confining young women into years of oppressive sex slavery to pay for their cartel guided passage. Cartels profit from crimes and the deaths of more U.S. citizens from illegal drugs per year than are killed in car accidents and gun homicides combined. These crimes are overburdening our police, courts, prisons and budgets.

RESOLVED, we, the State Central Committee, the governing and policy making body of the Party, call upon our Federal delegation to take resolute action to enact our party platform, specifically to define in law that only US citizens and legal immigrants can confer citizenship by birth, all others must be naturalized. Our border must be secured to include walls, technology and people to enforce Federal law.

FURTHER, we call upon our Utah State Executives and Legislature to continue to welcome legal immigrants, but give no public aid to those coming illegally, and to continue to distinguish on all State identification between US citizens and residents. We also call for a sunset or repeal of the law allowing non-citizens to become peace officers in Utah.

CO-SPONSORS

Blaine Nay, Gunnar Thorderson, Casey Gale, Blair Brandenburg, Jackson Wing, Catherine Paquette-Richardson, Kevin Richardson

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