June 7, 2010

Doral (FL) Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez, Chair

Resolution #37: Reimbursing Local Law Enforcement Agencies for Expenses Incurred During Dignitary Visits Sponsored by the Secret Service and the State Department urges the Administration and the Congress to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred in providing direct support to federal agencies for dignitary protective visits.

Resolution #40: Collective Agreement on Gun Violence Signed by Global Mayors calls on The U.S. Conference of Mayors to support the goals of the resolution signed by mayors at the Global Cities Forum – which call upon national governments to help address the issue of global gun trafficking and gun violence, and the United States to take a leadership role by imposing greater oversight and accountability of the gun industry, and stricter regulation and enforcement of the means by which guns can be globally trafficked, obtained, carried and traded; seek redress against the gun industry through the courts of the world for damages caused by global trafficking of illegal guns; call upon international human rights and public health organizations to help cities address global gun trafficking; challenge the news media to more effectively and deeply report the nature of international trade in guns and the damages inflicted upon the world – and to work in partnership with cities and organizations around the world to help advance progress on that resolution.

Resolution #43: Parole for Haitian Beneficiaries of Approved Immigrant Visa Petitions and Expedited Consideration of Pending Immigrant Visa Petitions urges the Administration to promptly parole into the United States all Haitian beneficiaries of approved immigrant visa petitions and to permit them to legally work in the United States, and to expedite consideration and approval of all pending but not yet approved immigrant visa petitions.