Posted on 01/04/2011 8:10:58 PM PST by moonshinner_09
The immigration debate returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday as civil rights activists condemned legislators who are crafting tougher state immigration laws.
“These misguided legislators are pushing the same snake oil laws,” said Ed Romo, local vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Romo and other civil rights activists urged legislators to reject immigration proposals being eyed by certain Republicans.
State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, is expected to join legislators from at least five other states today in Washington to announce plans to file bills making their states' immigration laws the same or tougher than Arizona's.
New state Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, already has said he will file a bill that would copy Arizona's law here.
The Arizona law has been criticized as state-sanctioned racial profiling because of a provision requiring police to check the immigration status of suspected illegal immigrants.
That and other parts of the law have been blocked by a federal judge pending challenges claiming the law is unconstitutional.
Proponents of the law have hailed it as a needed solution to an problem they say the federal government hasn't addressed.
Romo said laws like those proposed by Terrill and Shortey will drive away legal immigrants and Hispanics and make the state less attractive to businesses and tourists, which hurt the economy.
“We are staunchly opposed to any harebrained ideas that further risk the health of our economy,” Romo said.
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This is great. Texas will have a bill too but wussie perry and his pretty hair will be taking a siesta.
NewsOK.com is a blog can this be redirected to correct location
Legal immigrants need to realize that it is the illegal aliens (primarily from Mexico) that are dragging them into a fight they have no reason to fight. If legal immigrants wish to ally themselves with the illegals, than they are picking a battle that A.) they can not win and B.)that only diminishes their own standing as a citizen.
I live in OK. The illegals act like they own the place already.
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