Posted on 05/02/2008 6:45:56 AM PDT by Clear Rivers
((The bill allows for fines as high as $10,000 when an employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant. Sanford says federal law won't allow fines that range that high.))
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford says the Senate's illegal immigration bill has penalties that can't be enforced by the state.
Sanford says he will consider vetoing the bill if changes aren't made.
Senators passed a bill Wednesday that allows for fines as high as $10,000 when an employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant. Sanford says federal law won't allow the state to impose fines that range that high.
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce says it supports the penalties.
SC Senate leader says governor using Nazi-style propaganda tactic
The leader of the South Carolina Senate says Governor Sanford is using Nazi-style propaganda tactics in his disagreement with lawmakers.
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell said yesterday that Sanford is practicing --quote-- "Goebbels-style journalism" by making assertions believable simply because he repeats them over and over.
Josef Goebbels was Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister.
Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer says a comparison like that is absolutely uncalled for and the governor thinks McConnell owes South Carolina's Jewish community an apology.
Gee. And I had high hopes for this guy.
Since when does the Fed tell states how high a fine can be?
Don’t get off the bus yet. It sounds like that if they can resolve the conflict with Federal law about the fines, he’d pass it. Sanford’s no Pandsey Graham.
What I can’t figure out is when Glenn McConnell went off his meds. That’s a REPUBLICAN backstabbing Sanford. When I lived down there, McConnell was a pretty stand-up guy. I can’t figure out why he’d invoke Godwin’s Law (an automatic loss of any argument, as any Internet nerd knows) and start name-dropping Nazis when talking about Sanford.
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The bill allows for fines as high as $10,000 when an employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant.
That’s just so wrong. The employer should be deported since he obviously has no loyalty to the US.
Sanford: Immigration bill not tough enough
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2008/05/sanford-immigra.html
I guess he’s hoping McPain notices that he’s a team player.
Sanford has vetoed other bills that he believed would not stand up in the courts. He is a real stickler for the law.
Lets see if he is VP materiel.
ping
McCain-Goober state, nuff said.
And this is the guy that some people say would make a great conservative VP for McCain ?????
Maybe he’s doing this to make himself more attractive to McCain.
All puckered up, on his knees, sucking up to illegals-—just like McC.
THIS JUST IN A US crackdown is causing the longest and most significant drop in illegal migration from Mexico since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Officials say the U.S. economic downturn, tighter security and a more perilous and expensive journey are persuading many who try to sneak into the US to give up sooner.
Border Patrol arrests are down 17 percent so far this year along the US-Mexico border after falling 20 percent all of last fiscal year and 8 percent the year before that.
While it’s impossible to know how many people are crossing illegally, the Patrol uses apprehensions to estimate the ebb and flow of traffic.
Migrant smugglers have to hunt for business at border-town shelters.
Many deported migrants give up after one try, taking their government up on free bus rides home.
Try $25K. Much better attention getter.
I guess $10K is the suggested “campaign contribution.”
Good question.
There must be something else going on.
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