Posted on 05/03/2007 3:09:26 PM PDT by Islander7
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislation described as the nation’s most sweeping attempt to deny jobs and public benefits to illegal immigrants was sent to Gov. Brad Henry’s desk Tuesday.
State lawmakers urged Henry to sign the measure into law after it was approved in a bipartisan 84-14 vote by the state House. The bill was approved 41-6 by the Senate last month.
“The people of Oklahoma are very strongly for this bill,” said House Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah.
Immigrant groups said the bill is a wrong-headed approach to stop illegal immigration and urged Henry to veto it.
“It’s not going to control immigration. It’s going to create a long-term sour view in the Latino community,” said Ed Romo, vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
“It’s targeting the Latinos, the Hispanics, and nobody else,” said Ed Madrid, state director of LULAC. *
Pat Fennell, executive director of the Latino Community Development Agency in Oklahoma City, said the state does not have the authority to supersede federal immigration law.
“It opens the door for all kinds of litigation,” Fennell said. “We’re going to be paying the consequences of this silly bill.”
Henry, who has previously said he believes illegal immigration is a federal issue, has not decided whether he will sign or veto the measure, a spokesman said.
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Good for OK..
Hope this becomes law...
TN passed 2 great laws last year but our liberal Gov vetoed both of them...
We have several new Bills right now that are being passed in the House or the Senate Hope they go all the way...
And our Gov signs them...
possibly if the dems don’t band together for Henry
possible to override his veto if the Dems don’t band together to save Henry
“It’s not going to control immigration. It’s going to create a long-term sour view in the Latino community,”
Too bad, so sad ... the view in the Anglo community has been more than sour for years.
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