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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, President Barack Obama signed an executive order on |
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January 22, 2009, ordering the closure of United States detention |
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facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within the year; and |
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WHEREAS, Under this executive order, suspected terrorists |
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now confined to the detention center will be returned to their home |
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country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred |
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to another United States detention facility; Lackland Air Force |
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Base in San Antonio is among the military installations being |
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considered by the House Armed Services Committee as potential sites |
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for the relocation of enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo, and |
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news accounts have also mentioned the El Paso Processing Center |
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operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a possible |
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transfer location; and |
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WHEREAS, The Department of Defense has estimated that the |
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terrorism reengagement rate has reached 11 percent among those |
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Guantanamo detainees previously released from custody or |
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transferred to prisons elsewhere in the world and that some 61 |
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former detainees are suspected or confirmed to have returned to |
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terrorist activity; clearly, such individuals are too dangerous to |
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be permitted on Texas soil; and |
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WHEREAS, Ensuring the safety of all citizens is the highest |
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responsibility of government, and federal tax dollars should not be |
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used to bring a potential threat into the Lone Star State; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby urge the Texas congressional delegation to take action to |
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prohibit the use of federal funds to transfer enemy combatants from |
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Guantanamo Bay to any facility in Texas or to build or modify |
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facilities for any such enemy combatants in this state; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the |
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senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the |
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Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this |
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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |