THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

97

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support the passage of H.R. 3587 to benefit filipino world war ii veterans and their families.

 

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the courage and loyalty of the Filipino troops who fought along side our armed forces in the Philippines during World War II, the United States Congress enacted legislation in 1990 that provided a waiver from certain immigration and naturalization requirements for those Filipino veterans; and

WHEREAS, as a result of that legislation, many of those Filipino veterans have become proud citizens and residents of this country; and

WHEREAS, because the 1990 legislation did not go far enough in extending those immigration and naturalization benefits to the children of those veterans, the result has been years long separations between the veterans and their children remaining in the Philippines awaiting the issuance of immigrant visas; and

WHEREAS, on November 21, 2003, H.R. 3587 was introduced in the United States House of Representatives to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Act to give priority in the issuance of immigration visas to the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who are or were naturalized citizens of the United States; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, the House of Representatives concurring, that the President of the United States and the United States Congress are urged to support the passage of H.R. 3587 into law; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Support for H.R. No. 3587 benefiting Filipino World War II veterans and their families.