0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          Roman M. Maes III
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE TO
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0012|     RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN ENFORCING UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION
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0013|     LAWS.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, the immigration and naturalization service is
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0016|     charged with the responsibility of enforcing United States
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0017|     immigration laws; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, in the process of carrying out provisions of the
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0019|     law, the immigration and naturalization service sometimes
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0020|     enters into businesses to apprehend illegal immigrants; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, business owners and patrons of those businesses
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0022|     may be acting in accordance with the laws and may be
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0023|     exercising their constitutional and human rights; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, actions by the immigration and naturalization
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0025|     service under these circumstances may damage those businesses
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0001|     and disturb patrons, interfering with their rights;
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0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0003|     OF NEW MEXICO that the immigration and naturalization service
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0004|     be requested to respect business owners and business patrons
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0005|     in the course of enforcing United States laws and provide
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0006|     prior notification to business owners before entering business
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0007|     premises to enforce those laws; and
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0008|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0009|     transmitted to the commissioner of immigration and
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0010|     naturalization and the New Mexico congressional delegation.
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