THE CITIZEN SECURITY NETWORKER
for Secure Borders...Secure Immigration...Secure Citizenship...and a Secure Nation
an e-newsletter of the Illinois Citizen Security Network
2008-MAY-14 newsletter 2008.21

Dear Friends of Secure Borders...Secure Immigration...and Secure Citizenship:

Contents:

1. Illinois HB5756: Rep. Hernandez introduces new amendment


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1. Illinois HB5756: Rep. Hernandez introduces new amendment
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Spread the word:

Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez introduced a new "pro-illegal alien" amendment (No. 003) to Illinois HB5756, yesterday, May 20th, in an attempt to undermine the ability of a court to determine the immigration status of a person charged with a crime. The amendment prohibits the court from inquiring into the immigration status of an individual charged with a crime, and requires that the court notify the charged individual that s/he could be deported, at arraignment and before acceptance of plea. It requires the court to notify a suspected illegal alien that s/he could be deported or lose potential naturalization if the accused reveals his/her immigration status to the court. Essentially, the court would be prompting the accused to keep quiet about his/her immigration status, and tells the accused that s/he is not required to disclose such information to the court.

The amendment is in the House Rules Committee. I have a call into the author of HB5756, Rep. Randy Ramey, to see how he would like this handled.

HB5756 bill status:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billsta ... ssionID=51

Amendment text is here:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltex ... 9&Session=

Please review that official link to view the actual amendment edits. Here is a rough cut-and-paste of that webpage, to give you the flavor of the amendment:
09500HB5756ham003 LRB095 14924 RLC 51101 a

1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5756

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5756, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:

5 "Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by changing Section 113-8 as follows:

7 (725 ILCS 5/113-8 )
8 Sec. 113-8. Advisement concerning status as an alien. At
9 arraignment, and before Before the acceptance of a plea of
10 guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere to a
11 misdemeanor or felony offense, the court shall give the
12 following advisement to the defendant in open court:
13 "If you are not a citizen of the United States, you are
14 hereby advised that conviction of the offense for which you
15 have been charged may have the consequences of deportation,
16 exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of
09500HB5756ham003 - 2 - LRB095 14924 RLC 51101 a

1 naturalization under the laws of the United States. This
2 advisement in no way requires you to declare your immigration
3 status to the court at this or any other time.".
4 The court shall not use this advisement as the occasion to
5 inquire whether the defendant is or is not a citizen of the
6 United States or to otherwise inquire about the defendant's
7 immigration status.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-373, eff. 1-1-04.)".

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Please forward this newsletter to all interested group members, solo activists and other citizens who are interested in securing our borders, ending illegal immigration, and protecting our citizens; the value of our citizenship; and, the value of our vote here in Illinois.

Kind regards,

Dawn Marie Mueller
ILLINOIS CITIZEN SECURITY NETWORK
708.358.8586
muellerdawn@sbcglobal.net

Bless your efforts to keep our loved ones and our communities safe.

The Illinois Citizen Security Network has been created to "secure our country, protect our citizens and place citizen rights & interests first."