A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY

1WHEREAS:less than one percent of the over 800 detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been

2convicted by a military commission, and

3WHEREAS: human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay have become public knowledge,

4including enforced disappearance and torture, and

5WHEREAS: the purpose of the detention camp has been warped by the War on Terrorism

6efforts, and

7WHEREAS:in 2009, President Obama promised to close the base, but no action has resulted

8from that intention, and

9WHEREAS: international sentiment views the continued use of the base as both undesirable

10and hypocritical, therefore

11Be it resolved by the Student Congress here assembled:

12That the United States department of defense will close the Guantanamo Bay

13base, and the United States federal government will return the land back to

14Cuba.

A RESOLUTION TO FUND CALIFORNIA WATER TRANSPORT TUNNELS

1WHEREAS: California is in the worst drought in recorded history, and

2WHEREAS:, state and federal water projects have announced they will be able to provide, at

3best, only 55% of the agricultural industry’s water needs, and

4WHEREAS: Governor Brown has proposed a plan for underground water transport

5tunnels, but has conceded that the project cannot proceed without federal

6funding assistance, and

7WHEREAS: estimates for this project suggest that the federal government assistance

8would need to be one third of the proposed $16billion cost, therefore

9Be it resolved by the Student Congress here assembled:

10That the federal government will give $6billion to the state of California,

11earmarked specifically and exclusively for use in initiating the proposed water

12transportation tunnels.

A RESOLUTION TO BUILD A US-MEXICO BORDER WALL

1WHEREAS: immigration has increased in recent years, and

2WHEREAS: instances of undocumented immigration has concurrently increased, and

3WHEREAS: inefficient and ineffective monitoring and policing, specifically on the US-Mexico

4border, has fueled these increased, and

5WHEREAS: immigration, especially undocumented, places burdens on the nation and feeds

6public antagonism towards these individuals, therefore

7Be it resolved by the Student Congress here assembled:

8That the United States, either directly or through independent contractors, construct a

9physical wall along the US-Mexico border as a physical deterrent to immigration. The

10dimensions for this wall shall be determined by a separate committee at a later date, to a 11 degree deemed sufficient to effectively deter unwanted immigration.