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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Spector, President Rawlings-Blake
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
FOR the purpose of expressing support for President Obama’s efforts towards comprehensive immigration reform.
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From its inception the United States has been a nation of immigrants. Immigration has been an important driver of economic growth throughout American history and continues to be so today. Baltimore, long one of the nations great gateway cities for immigrants and today home to more than 37,000 foreign born residents, has had its history and growth even more strongly tied to immigration.
The Obama administration has signaled its understanding of the importance of immigration by pledging to work towards comprehensive immigration reform. An early step toward the realization of this goal has been the President’s efforts to reduce the backlog of background checks required for immigration processing.
The immigrants assisted by the President’s much appreciated steps to improve the efficiency of the background check process are already on a legal path that could eventually lead them to American citizenship. Unfortunately, there are many undocumented immigrants who are not currently on this path toward citizenship. This is a matter of deep concern since studies show that immigrants on a path toward citizenship generally hav...
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