Posted on 03/31/2006 9:29:40 PM PST by smoothsailing
Georgia takes a stand
By Dimitri Vassilaros
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, March 31, 2006
God bless Georgia.
Its state government is ready, willing and able to do about illegal immigration what the federal government is not ready, not willing and probably not capable of doing -- defending America and rejecting an unconditional surrender to Mexico.
Both chambers of Georgia's General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill that attacks illegal immigration and hopefully inspires 49 other states to do likewise. It needs only the governor's signature to make it official, no doubt before the inevitable court challenges that, for all we know, might be paid for by the Mexican government.
The illegals in Georgia -- maybe there are 250,000 or maybe 800,000 or maybe more, maybe much more, whatever -- will be prohibited from using many taxpayer-funded services.
Those wanting to feed at the public trough will have to prove they are Americans or in this country legally. But illegals still will have access to emergency health care, prenatal care and K-12 and higher education. That's too generous by half. But at least it's a step in the right direction. (That would be southwest to Mexico.)
Companies hoping for government contracts will be forced to verify the legal status of everyone on the payroll.
Business owners who hire illegals will not get income tax write-offs for illegal workers who are paid more than $600 annually.
The bill also increases penalties for human trafficking, requires law enforcement to verify the legal status of arrested suspects and makes life more challenging for people claiming to be lawyers who supposedly can get the proper documents for illegals so they can be hired legally.
And it demands that businesses withhold a 6 percent income tax from contract workers who do not have a taxpayer identification number or Social..
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Leave it up to the South to perform this duty. Sometimes I think the only real Americans left are there. But, you'd think Texas would pave the way in this matter, except they've become so dependent on illegal labor (a foreshadowing) I don't think they'd take one step in this direction, or am I wrong? Faithful sons of Texas, please speak!
I'm stuck in a blue state that's been overrun with illegals to the level that I can't begin to address this situation except to flee South at some point......
Thank God for my senators. Frist and Alexander. We might be hillbillies here in Tennessee but we know how to vote. LOL
Well we'd love to have you in Tennessee but you'd have to fight Mexicans up to your eyeballs here, too.
You know, I don't believe there are 10 to 12 million illegal aliens in this country, of which half are Mexican. I think it's more than twice that. I'm in Chicago, and everywhere I look I seen Hispanics; city, suburbs and even rural areas. This is an invasion; you can't call it anything else. I've read that in Mexico, young men have left whole towns and headed El Norte; the towns are deserted of men between the ages of 18 and 40..... U.S. Business and government have been looking the other way for decades now and we're about to reap what we sow. It's going to get bumpy, fasten your seat belts.
Please tell me 2 things:
1.This is NOT an Aptil Fools joke.
2. Someone will closely check Cynthia McKinney's paperwork and determine if she is, in fact, a legal citizen of USA.
I don't see anything there that makes this look like a serious plan to tackle the problem. I didn't realize employers were getting tax write offs for illegal aliens before...so now they can't...hurray. ""
Any employer gets to deduct the costs of payroll- whether illegal or legal employees. There is not 2 sets of payroll figures- usually-.
They will deport themselves when we turn off the free dollars.
But it means that he can hire illegals but just can't claim them. They wouldn't use that language if they were trying to show the employers that they are forbidding them from hiring illegals.
The 10 to 12 million you are hearing about are the ones spread over the US. The other half you mention are in Aberdeen, North Carolina. Every morning when taking my children to school, I see them piled in SUVs, all going to their construction jobs in neighboring Pinehurst where building is absolutely booming right now.
Capital idea.
In case they're hungry from the trip, I know just what to feed them.
Mexican Take-Out!
This number is ridiculous. I know for a fact we have around 50,000 in our relatively small community. Take that across the country and look at the big cities and the border states that are over run with them and you have far more than that and that is just Mexicans. We have our share of Arabs and Orientals, too. I would say most of the Orientals are legal. They usually own or run businesses. Of course all our convenience store and motels are run by Arabs. We have whole sections of town that are nothing but Mexican stores. Its getting ridiculous.
At least I could call him an A_ _ hole and not be called a racist!!
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