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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
March 2, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Stuck, Shankland, Anderson,
Billings, Cabrera, Considine, Goyke, Hebl, Hintz, L. Myers, Neubauer,
Sargent, C. Taylor, Vining, Zamarripa, Subeck, Brostoff and Spreitzer,
cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Shilling, Smith, Ringhand and Larson.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR154,1,3 1Relating to: opposing efforts by the State Department and Trump Administration
2to allow for the deportation of Hmong and Lao U.S. residents to the Lao People's
3Democratic Republic.
AJR154,1,64 Whereas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on behalf of the Trump
5Administration, has engaged in discussions with the Lao People's Democratic
6Republic; and
AJR154,1,87 Whereas, the State Department is calling on Laos to accept deported U.S.
8residents; and
AJR154,1,119 Whereas, Wisconsin is home to over 61,287 Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese,
10Cambodian, and other ethnic minority groups from Laos, many of whom are refugees
11as a result of the American War in Southeast Asia; and
AJR154,1,1412 Whereas, nearly 4,800 Hmong, Lao, and members of other ethnic minority
13groups from Laos, 8,400 Vietnamese, and 1,500 Cambodian individuals across the
14country have been served deportation orders; and
AJR154,2,2
1Whereas, many Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic minority groups from Laos
2fought alongside United States soldiers in the American War in Southeast Asia; and
AJR154,2,43 Whereas, proposed deportation would tear apart families and communities
4across the state of Wisconsin; and
AJR154,2,75 Whereas, Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic minority group refugees from Laos
6have long-established roots in Wisconsin, and many have no family ties in Laos, do
7not speak the language, and have never lived in Laos; and
AJR154,2,98 Whereas, Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees have already been subject to
9deportation for years and have faced hardship and retaliation; and
AJR154,2,1210 Whereas, Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic minority group refugees from Laos
11ordered to be removed by the U.S. will face the danger of marginalization, violence,
12or death in Laos; and
AJR154,2,1513 Whereas, members of Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic minorities of Laos in the
14state of Wisconsin have picked up the torch in furthering the values and ideas that
15have forged the state; and
AJR154,2,1916 Whereas, Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic minorities of Laos communities across
17the state of Wisconsin have become successful in agriculture and farming, in small
18business and entrepreneurship, and in working hard to support their families and
19to make the community a better place to live; now, therefore, be it
AJR154,2,23 20Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
21Legislature opposes efforts by the State Department and Trump Administration to
22allow for the deportation of Hmong and Lao U.S. residents to the Lao People's
23Democratic Republic; and, be it further
AJR154,3,3
1Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution
2to all members of the Wisconsin Congressional delegation, Secretary of State Mike
3Pompeo, and President Donald Trump.
AJR154,3,44 (End)
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