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(AR) Ballot Initiative Filed Over Illegal Immigration
KATV Little Rock ^
| April 05, 2008
| Staff Writer
Posted on 04/05/2008 4:14:32 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
A ballot initiative before the attorney general's office would require those seeking public benefits from the state to prove their citizenship.
The measure by Secure Arkansas, a group chaired by Jeannie Burlsworth of Bryant, would make individuals sign an affidavit under the penalty of perjury that they are lawfully living in the United States. Burlsworth says the measure is aimed at stopping illegal immigrants from receiving state benefits.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has until April 9 to review the proposed ballot title. If approved, supporters of the measure could begin gathering the required 61,974 signatures needed to place it before voters in November.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: aliens; arkansas; illegalaliens; immigration; socialservices
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Wish TN had this on our ballot...
To: All
Please, oh please, oh please....
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:18:11 PM PDT
by
Maverick68
(w)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten; 3AngelaD; A.Hun; alice_in_bubbaland; aligncare; ...
PING
If the Legislature wont do it the people will have too...
To: Tennessee Nana
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:23:06 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Tennessee Nana
Any Arkansas Freepers know anything about this AG?
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:23:15 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Tennessee Nana
Great intitiative!
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:24:01 PM PDT
by
xuberalles
("Barack Obama: Change Is A Dime Bag!" http://www.cafepress.com/titillatingtees.225246874)
To: Tennessee Nana
Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas . . .
Just the beginning.
States are apparently tired of footing the bill for the breakdown of federal policing.
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:24:09 PM PDT
by
tennteacher
(Hunter Conservative)
To: Tennessee Nana
The lack of ID at Daily’s or Weigels is doing it.
To: Tennessee Nana
"would require those seeking public benefits from the state to prove their citizenship"What a concept !
To: Tennessee Nana
Looks like we will have to
Git-R-done state by state!
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:25:32 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Man50D
To: Tennessee Nana
But will the people do it?
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:31:11 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: traditional1
“would require those seeking public benefits from the state to prove their citizenship”
What a concept !
___________________________
Yessiree Bob...
Musta takin’ mucho dolare ‘n’ a buncha rarl smart guys what finished at least 3rd Grade ta figar out thet thear..
:)
To: Tennessee Nana
Democrat been in office just one year...
That means Arkansans will have to put a lot of pressure on him and their politicians to pass this legislation.
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:32:57 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: wastedyears
Arizona had to put their’s on a ballot
It cost them more than $1 Million to get all the necessary signatures...
To: Maverick68
Please, oh please, oh please....
______________________________________
???????????????????????????????
Do you live in Arkansas ?????
To: Tennessee Nana; spectre
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posted on
04/05/2008 4:46:36 PM PDT
by
AuntB
('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: AuntB
To: Tennessee Nana
Well, Nana gal, let’s not get carried away just yet! Arkansas’ laws against illegals aren’t nearly as tough as AZ’s nor as tough on employers as GA’s or OK’s...They gotta ways ta go! But it’s a start.
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posted on
04/05/2008 5:07:22 PM PDT
by
levotb
To: tennteacher
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