Posted on 12/13/2006 6:17:51 AM PST by rellimpank
Board refuses to consider requiring illegal immigrants to register, pay $200 fee
PAHRUMP -- One radical ordinance was killed outright and the other was threatened with repeal on Tuesday, as Nye County's largest town inched back from its controversial entry into the national debate over illegal immigration.
Before a large and mostly appreciative crowd, Pahrump Town Board members refused to even entertain a proposal that would have required illegal immigrants to register at the town office, pay a $200 fee and supply the names of their family members and
The decision was greeted by thunderous applause from the audience of more than 200 people, most of them Hispanic.
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Try saying the headline three times fast. *S*
Sounds like non-citizens influencing politics that they have no business influencing. In Mexico, that'd be a felony! (non-citizens involving themselves in politics, that is)
And I had a lot of hope for Pahrump when I first heard they wer going to do this.
Guess I'll go back to thinking it is a sandy rocky desert hellhole.
Isn't this where you're headed next week?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739854/posts
Well,
Considering the spirited discussion and subsequent election results a mood to the issue...
I am not surprised...
And for what its worth...Since we'll be getting an amnesty deal before the summers over next year...
The "illegal" immigration fight is basically over...
What I am going to be waiting for is an edict that Spanish be a language requirement for any future job description...
I won't be surprised...
What's wrong with Best Buy?
Best Buy went from "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays", and they aren't going back.
OK, I understand, and respect your position.
But you gotta admit, they do have some really good prices on electronics!
Indeed. Will be spending most of the time in Las Vegas, though.
ping
The question is, who is pawing whose rmup?
That's rump not rmup!
Severed a tendon in my hand and my typing ain't what it used to be.
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