Illinois SJR 11: GOV-DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM

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SJ0011LRB104 11137 MST 21219 r

1SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, School districts and the Illinois General 

3Assembly have a responsibility to protect all students 

4regardless of their race, immigration status, religion, 

5ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation and to recognize 

6their contribution to our diverse learning community and will 

7not be impeded or subdued from exercising our collective 

8responsibility; Illinois has an estimated 510,000 undocumented 

9residents, and of that number, which includes those in higher 

10education, roughly 400,000 are students; and

11 WHEREAS, The education, safety, emotional well-being, and 

12family relationships of numerous students are at-risk; whether 

13it is because of their immigration status, race, sexual 

14orientation, or religion, students should be protected and in 

15safe hands when learning; and

16 WHEREAS, School districts and the Illinois General 

17Assembly should be committed to ensuring that schools and 

18school campuses are safe and welcoming places for all students 

19and their families; and

20 WHEREAS, Federal immigration law enforcement activities 

21and stop and frisk practices on or around district property 

22and transportation routes, whether by surveillance, interview, 

SJ0011- 2 -LRB104 11137 MST 21219 r

1demand for information, arrest, detention, or any other means, 

2have the potential to harmfully disrupt the learning 

3environment to which all students, regardless of immigration 

4status, race, religion, or sexual orientation, are entitled; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, No federal or state law obligates a public school 

7district to earmark any resources, financial or otherwise, to 

8the enforcement of federal immigration laws or st