Posted on 05/23/2010 9:15:40 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is a video report about a Massachusetts State Representative who has been involved in a serious accident when a car driven by a suspected illegal immigrant slammed into the back of his car at 60 mph. The driver of the car reportedly had a blood alcohol content of .25. Amazingly, the report says the lawmaker is OK. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomslighthouse.com ...
Since the MA rep is ok, I doubt anything will be done.
STUDY PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE PROOF THAT BENEFIT RECIPIENTS ARE LEGAL (H 4600)
The House, 83-75, approved a Democratic leadership-sponsored amendment that would indefinitely delay a proposal to require the state to verify that anyone over 18 who applies for state benefits is legally in Massachusetts. The amendment prohibits the proposal from taking effect until Gov. Patrick’s Office of Health and Human Services studies its impact on the state’s economy and a new bill to require the verification is filed and approved.
The proposal would require a person seeking benefits to produce proof that he or she is here legally by providing either a valid Massachusetts driver’s license or identification card, U.S. military card, Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card, military dependent’s identification card or Native American tribal document. Anyone who could not produce one of those documents would have the option to execute a notarized affidavit stating that he or she is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States.
The measure provides many exemptions from the requirement and allows people who cannot produce the necessary identification to still receive emergency medical treatment, immunization and services such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling and intervention and short-term shelter.
Some supporters of the study said that the proposal is mean spirited and anti-immigrant and noted that many illegal immigrants are hardworking people who perform jobs that most Americans would not do. Others said that the House should gather information before making a rash decision and noted that this problem really should be solved on the federal level. Some argued that there are many legal immigrants who would find it difficult to produce the necessary documents.
Opponents of the study said that it is simply another example of a sneaky way for legislators to avoid a direct vote on the proposal itself. They said that the study would never be conducted and that the measure would never be implemented.
They noted that state services, with some emergency exceptions, should not be provided to people who broke the law and are here illegally. They emphasized that the legislation would only apply to illegal immigrants and includes many safeguards to protect individual rights. Some argued that the state should not be spending money on illegal immigrants during this recession when people are losing their jobs and homes and there are drastic cuts in many state services.
In April 2009, the House, 118-40, approved a similar delay of the same bill. That delay replaced the bill with a requirement that the state conduct a cost-benefit study of the services that immigrants receive versus their contributions to the state’s economy and the constitutionality of denying public services to immigrants regardless of immigration status. Supporters of the proposal note that this 2009 study was never conducted.
The roll call votes are on the amendments to study the proposal.
The first roll call listed is from 2009. The second roll call is from 2010.
(A “Yes” vote is for the study. A “No” vote is against the study.)
Rep. Michael Moran - Yes/Yes
We must give him some credit for actually being on the pavement.
“According to the report, when told of the serious charges he would be facing, he just laughed.
But because of action taken by Gov. Deval Patrick, state police were unable to notify immigration authorities that Naranjo might be illegal.”
WOW.
Of course you are correct!
Probably had no idea how to drive a vehicle before slipping over the border!
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Almost funny; A Mass. Democrat getting rear-ended by an illegal Mexican.
Why not: Obama and the Dems have been butt-fu*king America since 2009.
Doing the job Americans won't do? Come on, there are plenty of Americans willing to drink to excess and drive. Deport him!!
Right on-It should happen to all of the open borders crowd.
Awakening? To bad it takes a car slamming into you at 60 miles an hour to finally awaken!
Buy hey...if it works, don’t knock it!!
Illegal alien borrachos (drunk in Spanish) always have slammed into innocent citizens cars. They will always be slamming into innocent citizens automobiles.
Given this, it is preferable they slam into cars driven by our elected representatives who need to be woken up/ Pushed out of their comfort zone
If the Rep was a RAT (and in MA 90% of them are) he/she/it will certainly be saying...”we must get help for that poor unfortunate victim”.
A RAT Congresscreature would walk to the podium on the floor of the House and say that it's just another reason why "undocumented workers" should be allowed "to come out from the shadows".You *know* I'm right!
“...to the problems of illegal immigration.”
ain’t illegal immigration folks....its the profound negligence of the Federal Gov’mt with respect to border control.
Most of our quaint and colorful Mexican low-socio economic neighbors are actually Indians, that is Native Americans. (This is news?) There is a well-documented genetic problem with alcohol: a missing enzyme makes most Native Americans unable to metabolize alcohol.
One actually doesn't need a Nobel Prize in Medicine to figure this out. As was noted by the original settlers, booze drives redskins crazy.
The Native Americans are not suffering alone on the planet with this genetically determined missing enzyme. There is a medical reason a bottle of booze costs $100 in Sweden, why many of our Russki pals are all drunk all the time, etc ad nauseam toward very politically incorrect thoughts, which are merely medical factoids.
Drinking in bars throughout Latin America has led me to an opinion.... me ....as you all know, a fair-minded guy .... don't! These "Hispanic" folks (unlike some of the drinking folk we know and love)can tend to be very unfriendly drunks. IOW, Coupla pops, the knives are out. Fortunately, their cops know this and usually keep a tight lid on'em
You are all free to disbelieve this info. Just as Global Warmers are free to ignore The Milankovitch Glaciation Cycle. However, please note that the more intelligent among our ancestors made it ILLEGAL to sell booze to Indians, or even near where they lived, and they hadn't the advantage of our modern scientific knowledge ... just common sense. 2.5 on the Breathalyzer? "No hay problema. Es completamente normal, Señor."
Thanks DJ! What a G-D joke the invasion of the USA has become.
And why is he “suspected” to be an illegal immigrant? Don’t tell me that the police are afraid to ask him if he’s a US citizen or not!
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