Posted on 02/15/2018 6:38:02 AM PST by mandaladon
Apparently having grown tired of waiting for the federal government to “do something” about immigration reform, some Colorado lawmakers have come up with an alternate solution. Some Democrats in the state legislature have a plan which would allow the state to issue their own “purple cards” (a state-level version of a green card), offering legal status to well-behaved illegal aliens. Right up front, I’ll just say that I hope they pass this law because watching the legal challenges and fallout should be either informative or hilarious. (CBS Denver)
Colorado would have its own version of a “green card” under legislation at the state capitol.
It would be called a “purple card.”
Some state lawmakers say if Congress won’t reform the immigration system, they will. Their bill would allow anyone who has paid state taxes for at least two years and hasn’t had a felony in three years to be eligible for legal status.
The plan goes considerably further than that. In addition to granting “legal status” to illegal aliens in Colorado, one of the biggest supporters of the purple card movement claims that the program would allow all of those people to work on the books and pay taxes under their own name. So it’s a win-win, right?
And what of the employers? Never fear. The bill’s sponsor says that the state would, “protect employers who hire those with purple cards from federal penalties.”
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Wow.......It’s call “illegal” for some reason.
They’re so cute when they’re stupid. :)
Translated: "Let's see how many of you actually fall for this and participate. And when the inevitable legal jeopardy comes, be assured I will be no where to be found".
I’m all for it.
It would provide a to-do list for ICE.
Arizona moves to do its own border protection and libs scream “immigration is EXCLUSIVELY federal!”
Now this.
Libs don’t have values — they have agendas.
When the southern states tried to run their own show almost 160 years ago the federal government came down on them like a ton of bricks.
The south ended up with over 250,000 dead from combat and other war related causes.
Before this gets out of hand it might be prudent to ratchet down on places like California and Colorado who have lost their way.
If we only had some legal way to do it before the shooting starts.
What we need is a high level legal authority to end this nonsense in the court instead of on the battlefield.
We could call him “Attorney General”.
“protect employers who hire those with purple cards from federal penalties.”
Wouldn’t that be Conspiracy to commit Tax Fraud???
Sounds like the governor wants the change the Constitution back to the Articles of Confederation.
Purple card, purple card, I only want to see you laughing at the purple card...
What illegal is paying taxes?
And a free bag of weed.
The color of liver mortis. How appropriate.
“Their bill would allow anyone who has paid state taxes for at least two years and hasn’t had a felony in three years to be eligible for legal status.”
Apparently, no one in CO has read the Supremacy Clause, or any other part of the Constitution.
As Reagan said, the problem with liberals is that know so much that isn’t true.
Sounds like Treason, sedetion, and several federal felony violations of immigration law.
I’m for anybody voting for this being tried for treason and then shot.
What illegal is paying taxes?
None. Too busy wiring money south.
Just ask Western Union. Trump needs to slam it shut.
How?
Exactly??
Actually, they do.
Unless I'm mistaken, the original Constitution specified that the States were solely empowered to decide who was a citizen of the state and how; and thence a member of the Union.
When and how that changed, I have no idea.
It would require a Constitutional Amendment.
US Constitution Sect. 8, Sentence 4: “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization...”
Section 9 expired in 1808.
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