Posted on 02/19/2008 7:47:00 AM PST by Clemenza
A New Jersey Senate leader said he will push legislation to punish businesses who knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney said his decision comes after a federal judge upheld an Arizona law that prohibits businesses from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and yanks the business licenses of those that do.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
Fugeddaboutit!..............
Nice!
Not holding my breath.
Isn’t Sweeney your State Senator? As they always say about broken clocks...
Good news! Thanks for posting. (A ‘rat...who’da thunk it!)
I’ve been advocating this approach for years. It avoids the politically and logistically difficult method of “mass deportation” and puts the onus on the “greedy businessmen” that that left hate anyway.
Will be interesting to see what my State Senator (Shirley Turner) will do on this. I put her in the “against, but willing to change vote if you give me more funding for TCNJ” group.
Finally a Democrat I would vote for...lol.
Well, probably not.
I’ve been saying for years that somebody will use this issue that Americans are pissed about and go from local or state to the national level. I really thought Hillary would have done it, but now she is courting the Hispanic vote as a major part of her anti Obama strategy.
Sweeney just term-limited himself; the RATs won’t want him back!
Thanks for your insight, commentary on New Jersey state politics.
Steve Sweeney won’t take your calls unless you agree to deposit at least $2,000 in an account in the Turks and Caicos. $5,000 gets you a sit down. ;-)
Seems the dog-and-pony show raids are over. Haven’t heard much about those lately.
All true!
He’s my St.Sen. too.
Just to balance the seeming rightousness of this action, I remind you that Sweeney is the one championing the project to run a Rt. 322 Bypass right thru the center of Mullica Hill. This is the same bypass that will take private property by eminent domain and pave over Church grounds previously planned for cemetary expansion.
Nice guy, this Sweeney, he is...
LOL, I’m not a one issue voter, but if I were I’d probably pay for the sitdown.
From the article: (other actions)
Arizona has passed a law like this one in January.
(Rep Leg. Dem Gov.)
Oklahoma passed a law like this one - starts July
Hazleton, Pa fed judge struck down law
Valley Park, Mo judge upheld
If we only had some National Leadership on this issue.
Any excuse to arrest people in NJ, trumps most anything in the lefty agenda.
Any excuse to seize assets, ditto.
I’m hoping this slight shift in the tide that i have been sensing lately gains alot of traction.
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