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Warner Signs Immigrant Aid Limits; Va. to Require Proof Of Legal Statu
The Washington Post ^ | March 30, 2005 | Chris L. Jenkins

Posted on 03/30/2005 10:09:24 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother

Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) signed a measure Tuesday that tightens laws prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits, including Medicaid and public assistance.

On the last day the governor could act on the nearly 950 bills that passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly, Warner waded into an issue that divided the legislature this year: what public benefits and other services the state should offer to illegal immigrants, a population that has nearly tripled in Virginia since 1996, according to federal estimates.

The legislation -- House Bill 1798 and Senate Bill 1143 -- requires state and local governments to verify whether anyone who requests non-emergency public benefits is in the United States legally. ... bills that would have banned illegal immigrants from the state's public colleges and universities and barred them from receiving workers' compensation benefits, but those measures failed.

Supporters of the legislation said Virginia's public resources should be used only for legal immigrants, particularly as the cost of many services, such as Medicaid, continues to rise.

Warner said the pair of bills … merely codified existing federal law, which prevents illegal immigrants from receiving certain public benefits.

The legislation … applies only to illegal immigrants 19 and older. Immigrants of any age still will be eligible for emergency aid, such as disaster relief and pregnancy tests.

… Many opponents also argued that there was very little evidence that illegal immigrants were raiding public services wholesale.

"There may have been some election-year activities surrounding the bill," Warner said.

Several activists said Warner's signing of the bill sent a dangerous message … "It serves no other purpose but to fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment . . . and that is simply wrong." … it will create onerous red tape for people here legally.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aliens; healthcare; illegals; immigration; markwarner; vageneralassembly
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The bill was sponsored by Republicans. The gov is a Democrat.

Note this does NOT apply to students. However, children of military pay out of state tuition rates to schools like William and Mary, the University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech.

1 posted on 03/30/2005 10:09:26 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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To: StayAt HomeMother

The legislation … applies only to illegal immigrants 19 and older. Immigrants of any age still will be eligible for emergency aid, such as disaster relief and pregnancy tests.

Well it is a start! Keep up the momentum.


2 posted on 03/30/2005 10:12:58 AM PST by sheana
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The bill was sponsored by Republicans. The gov is a Democrat.

Not only that but Gov. Warner has gotten a lot of favorable press for signing this piece of popular legislation. Maybe the Republicans could gather a clue and figure out that this issue plays well with voters.

Gov. Warner had little choice but to sign this bill seeing as the Republican dominated Virginia legislature passed it with a VETO PROOF MAJORITY.

In the recent past, Gov. Warner has vetoed some other good anti-illegal alien legislation including not giving them instate college tuition.

3 posted on 03/30/2005 10:16:04 AM PST by jackbenimble (Import the third world, become the third world)
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To: StayAt HomeMother
So Illegal immigrants won't be getting unemployment and Workman's comp?
Good.
4 posted on 03/30/2005 10:18:12 AM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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Hmm I always thought W&M was a private school.

It's a step in the right direction though. This trash is just obvious stuff. You didn't pay for it so you can't use it. At this rate we are better of just paying Mexico's income tax (or whatever they do) as well as the American.
5 posted on 03/30/2005 10:18:17 AM PST by tfecw (Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

The bills "that would have banned illegal immigrants ... from receiving workers' compensation benefits ... failed."


6 posted on 03/30/2005 10:21:50 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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Eventhough we passed prop 200 in Az, the democrat Gov and democrat AG here have refused to enforce it. Tancredo for president.


7 posted on 03/30/2005 10:23:33 AM PST by sasafras (Innocent blood is on Bush's hands for doing nothing to protect our border)
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Eventhough we passed prop 200 in Az, the democrat Gov and democrat AG here have refused to enforce it. Tancredo for president.


8 posted on 03/30/2005 10:23:47 AM PST by sasafras (Innocent blood is on Bush's hands for doing nothing to protect our border)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Mudboy Slim; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; AdSimp; ...

Richmond ping.

Our doofus governor gets one right for a change.


9 posted on 03/30/2005 10:27:00 AM PST by iceskater ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
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To: StayAt HomeMother

Damn missed that part.....


10 posted on 03/30/2005 10:29:40 AM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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"There may have been some election-year activities surrounding the bill," Warner said.

You mean like Timmy Kaine on his knees screaming "pleaaaaaaazzzeeee don't screw me on this one?"

11 posted on 03/30/2005 10:29:52 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Some days my tagline has nothing to say...)
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To: StayAt HomeMother

So, if someone applies for aid and it is determined that they are not in the country legally are they deported?


12 posted on 03/30/2005 10:38:17 AM PST by P8riot (Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.)
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The College of William and Mary is a public university with 40% of the entering freshman coming from out of state.

30% of UVA and 26% of Vir Tech freshman are from out of state. Makes it tough for Virginians to get into these school, even though their parents have been paying for them decades.
13 posted on 03/30/2005 10:43:06 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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To: sheana

Since when is a pregnancy test an emergency?


14 posted on 03/30/2005 10:46:25 AM PST by satan
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"Gov. Warner has vetoed some other good anti-illegal alien legislation including not giving them instate college tuition."

Which makes it all the more annoying that children of military pay out-of-state tuition rates. [The theory is that military dependents should go back to their "home" states for college - even if they they rarely, if ever, lived there.]

Yet "undocumented residents" get in-state rates. Go figure.

15 posted on 03/30/2005 10:51:01 AM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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To: Corin Stormhands

LOL - what a vision that conjures up!


16 posted on 03/30/2005 10:55:38 AM PST by iceskater ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
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So, if someone applies for aid and it is determined that they are not in the country legally are they deported?

ROTFLMAO ... Are you kidding? ... These good hearted people only came here to take the welfare aid that Americans don't want.

About the only way an illegal alien cam convince President Bush's ICE to deport them is to commit two or three felonies. Usually the second or third conviction as a child rapist will get an illegal deported. Not much short of that.

17 posted on 03/30/2005 11:21:03 AM PST by jackbenimble (Import the third world, become the third world)
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To: sasafras
The President, regardless of who it is, couldn't do a thing about Prop. 200 as it is a state matter. If you want the law enforced, vote out the officials who aren't enforcing it.

Oh, and single issue people like Tancredo do not national elections. (See: John Kerry. Vote for me, I'm not Bush.)

18 posted on 03/30/2005 11:27:05 AM PST by COEXERJ145 (Just Blame President Bush For Everything, It Is Easier Than Using Your Brain)
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Note this does NOT apply to students. However, children of military pay out of state tuition rates to schools like William and Mary, the University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech.

Disgusting.

There was a good article about this -- I think it was a letter to the editor in the Richmond Times-Dispatch -- just the other day.

Those schools want to be among the elite. They tax me in order to get there, then they deny admission to my neighborhood children in favor of others.

It would be better if the schools that do this were privatized. That way they can do what they want without making me pay for it.

I may need to go walk my dog so I can vomit.

19 posted on 03/30/2005 11:48:38 AM PST by The Other Harry
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I said it is a good start! ;)


20 posted on 03/30/2005 12:05:34 PM PST by sheana
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