[JackelopeBreeder]

This is going to be fun to watch.

[JackelopeBreeder]

Ping!

[cripplecreek]

It's certainly a step in the right direction.

[Scenic Sounds]

HB 2448 would require the state Attorney General's Office to suspend for six months any state-issued permit, license, certificate or charter of any company that is found guilty of violating any federal law or regulation on the hiring those not entitled to be employed in this country. A second violation would mean permanent revocation.

If this statute is only triggered by a successful Federal prosecution, it may be a waste of time unless the Federal government begins prosecuting these offenses.

[ikka]

What a great idea!

[Howie66]

YES!!!!

[upchuck]

'bout time!

The INS has said it is "impossible" to round up the 10 million or so Criminal Aliens and deport them. This is probably true (but only because the damned INS didn't do their job to start with). So maybe we can solve the problem like this. If there are no jobs, maybe the Criminal Aliens will leave on their own.

[DumpsterDiver]

claims by attorney David Selden who said HB 2448 would be the equivalent of imposing a death sentence on Arizona businesses who might run afoul of federal immigration laws.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for those "who might run afoul of federal immigration laws"?

I hope this law passes.

[Happy2BMe]

"PHOENIX — Rejecting claims of ruin from business interests, the House Committee on Commerce and Military Affairs voted 8-4 Monday to yank the state licenses of companies that hire people not in this country legally."

This is probably the best news I've heard since Saddam Hussein was captured.

It will send fear and trembling into every corrupt congressman and senator (of which there are multitudes) in our gubmint.

Let the games begin . .

[VRWC_minion]

Be afraid people. When the feds begin to void the ability of states to license they are taking a huge amount of power from the states to themselves.

No conservative should think this is a good thing.

[freeangel]

GOOD! Keep it going.

[Missouri]

Bump.

Good news. Every state needs to do this. (The Federal government is no help). Thanks for the ping.

[FreeReign]

He drew support from Rep. Olivia Cajero Bedford, D-Tucson. She said the problem isn't companies being presented with false documents but firms that never bother checking legal residency at all. Rep. Bill Konopnicki, R-Safford, voted against the bill, calling it "a very punitive, unnecessary measure."

Are these the only two party crossovers on this? Anybody?

[FreeReign]

...Phoenix car dealer Rusty Childress...

I guess down in arid Arizona, a car dealer named Rusty is not considered a problem.

[lainde]

bttt

[janetgreen]

Wow, they might find out that Americans really DO want to do those jobs... What will George W. Bush say then?

[tubavil]

This is the solution. Fine businesses that break the law. The fines will cover the additional enforcement costs.

The illegals will go home. Businesses will hire American workers at a decent wage.

This is also the answer for idiot bush apologists like michael medved who cry "what are we going to do, round them up and put them in concentration camps!?"

[B4Ranch]

Did it die a peaceful and quiet death?