Uh gee, you failed to notice that the McCain-Kennedy pro amnesty bill failed last spring. You also didn’t notice how many cities and states are stepping up to get the problem out of their communities before they are sucked dry? Did you notice how Elliot Spitzer and Hillary got a thrashing.? Where have you been?
Why don’t you show proof that you have been paying attention?
Geez.
;-)
LEGISLATON JUST PASSED IN ARIZONA--JUAN'S HOME STATE
Fed up with the devastating effect of illegal immigration, Arizona has enacted the nation’s toughest laws to curb the problem and evidently its working. State legislators have passed laws barring illegal immigrants from receiving government services, posting bail for serious crimes and winning punitive damages in lawsuits.
This year a new law makes it illegal for businesses to hire undocumented workers and those that do can be shut down.
The state legislator who sponsored the work bill, Representative Russell Pearce, says the law’s undeniably positive effects include smaller class sizes, shorter emergency room waits and an overall huge savings to taxpayers. Studies revealed that illegal immigration cost Arizona taxpayers over $2 billion annually, not including the toll of crime and destruction.
It turns out that enough illegal immigrants have either fled the US or been deported that officials in the Mexican state of Sonora, which shares an extensive border with Arizona, have complained that too many of their fellow countrymen have returned. They miss the remittances sent from the U.S. as well as smaller class sizes in local schools.
Arizona is the only state requiring proof of citizenship to register..... more than 38,000 voter registration applications have been thrown out since 2004. More than 70% from people came from people who stated under oath that they were born in the United States.....
Democrats criticized requirements to include immigration status. “This is having a devastating effect on voter registration in Latino communities because so many citizens simply don’t have a passport or original birth certificate,” said a liberal advocacy group working to sign up new voters in Arizona.
But Arizona officials say the measure is broadly popular..... “The voters of Arizona feel strongly about proof of citizenship when registering to vote as a basic eligibility requirement,” said the secretary of state, Jan Brewer, testifying before Congress in March.