WHEREAS, UNACCOMPANIED ALIENS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES; AND

WHEREAS, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS REQUESTED THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SHELTER THOUSANDS OF THESE UNACCOMPANIED ALIENS IN STATE FACILITIES; AND

WHEREAS, THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH DEVAL L. PATRICK IS THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE OF MASSACHUSETTS; AND

WHEREAS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, ELECTED AND FOUNDED UPON THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PROVIDE FOR A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, AS WRITTEN IN THE COMMONWEALTH’S CONSTITUTION; AND

WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN NO CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH PERTAINING TO THE HOUSING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MASSACHUSETTS FACILITIES; AND

WHEREAS, THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHELTERING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ALBEIT ISSUES OF SAFETY IN THE TIME OF AN IMMIGRATION CRISIS; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, THE HOUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES URGES THE GOVERNOR, IN AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOT TO SHELTER ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DUE TO SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FINANCIAL CONCERNS; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BE FORWARDED BY THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO GOVERNOR DEVAL L. PARTICK.