A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE USA PATRIOT ACT AND THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
WHEREAS, the Town of Urbana has a long and distinguished history of protecting and expanding the civil rights and civil liberties of its residents, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Urbana houses a diverse population, including students, working people, and non-citizens, whose contributions to the community are vital to its character and function, and
WHEREAS, the Urbana Town Board is committed to upholding the human rights of all persons in the Town of Urbana and their free exercise and enjoyment of any and all rights and privileges secured by the Constitutions and Laws of the United States, the State of New York and the Town of Urbana, and
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, the United States was cruelly and without provocations attacked by persons of foreign origin which inflicted a heavy loss of innocent American lives, and
WHEREAS, the foreign persons who carried out this coordinated, cowardly attack were in the United States enjoying freedoms and privileges not celebrated in their own nations of origin, and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States, in cooperation with the Executive Branch of our government, did pass the USA PATRIOT Act in conjunction with the issuance of several Executive Orders which were responsible to the acts of terror of September 11, 2001, and
WHEREAS, the measures taken by the Congress and the Executive Branch of our government imposed certain restrictions upon both United States Citizens and foreign visitors,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT
The Congress of the United States and the Executive Branch of the United States government shall give due respect and consideration to such changes, revisions and amendments to the USA PATRIOT Act and the related Executive Orders, so as to guarantee all rights an privileges granted to United States citizens by the Constitution of the United States while continuing to give due consideration and concern to protecting and safeguarding the United States of America from such acts of terrorism and military attack which might possibly be waged upon us by enemies from within and without our Country.
