Posted on 04/18/2010 10:41:51 AM PDT by Bokababe
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 9, 2010) – In response to the Mexican government’s efforts to "bully" the people of Oklahoma through a trade war, state Rep. Randy Terrill today called for imposing "much tougher sanctions on illegal aliens."
"This represents an attempt by a foreign nation to interfere with the sovereign actions of a U.S. state," said Terrill, R-Moore. "We clearly not only have the right, but the responsibility to legislate for the public health, safety, morals and welfare of our citizens – not theirs.
"The Mexican government should know that the people of Oklahoma will not be bullied or intimidated by anyone, anywhere."
This week the Mexican House of Representatives passed a resolution denouncing U.S. states that impose remittance taxes and calling upon the Mexican government to take trade measures against those states.
The resolution specifically targets Oklahoma, saying remittance legislation enacted in this state is an "immoral, abusive and harmful" act against "immigrants’ rights."
The resolution calls on the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry to ask Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry to eliminate the fee (which he does not unilaterally have the authority to do) and urges the Mexican Government to suspend all of its purchases of products originating in Oklahoma.
Last year, Oklahoma lawmakers voted to assess a 1-percent fee on funds wired out of the state. Revenue collected from the fee is deposited in a "Drug Money Laundering and Wire Transmitter Revolving Fund."
The fee does not single out any one group of individuals.
Terrill noted the proposed sanctions on Oklahoma appear to be a violation of the NAFTA agreement that could result in U.S. countermeasures on Mexico as provided under the NAFTA accords, and that Oklahoma lawmakers also have the ability to respond at the state level.
"If they want to talk about trade sanctions, then they need to first start by cutting off all the dope coming into Oklahoma from Mexico and the disaster of Mexican citizens who are being pushed into Oklahoma by the shamefully dysfunctional Mexican government, where they are draining tax dollars in the areas of health care, education, welfare and corrections," Terrill said
"On a daily basis, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics investigates cell groups tied to some of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico. Annually, millions of dollars in illegal drugs are coming into Oklahoma from these Mexican cartels for nationwide distribution, and millions of dollars in illegal drug proceeds are smuggled or wired back to the Mexican bank accounts of drug traffickers. Law-abiding citizens are not negatively impacted by The Wire Transfer Fee. These individuals are able to redeem the fee on their income taxes," said Darrell Weaver, director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
"A huge share of the drug problem in Oklahoma is clearly tied to narcotics exported from Mexico along the I-35 corridor," Terrill said.
He said Oklahoma lawmakers would be fully justified under international law to respond to the Mexican government’s provocations with improved countermeasures against drug and alien smuggling from Mexican states.
"If they really want to pick this fight with Oklahoma, then I will be happy to immediately introduce or amend legislation calling for the state’s current asset-seizure and drug-forfeiture laws to be extended to all immigration-related offenses," Terrill said. "I’d also like to have good cause to advance legislation denying state-issued birth certificates to children born to illegal-alien parents. And we should restrict the actions of Mexican consulars in Oklahoma who often assist illegal aliens attempting to establish permanent residence and find employment in the United States.
"I do however, urge the Mexican Congress to support a labor ‘boycott’ of Oklahoma by investing in sustainable job creation at home," added Terrill. "I will encourage our in-state development experts to assist them. It will help improve the employment rate for U.S. citizens and law-abiding immigrants during this national recession."
Freedom/States Rights Ping!
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Good on you, Randy Terrill. A legislator with some guts. We need more of them.
Open borders/free trade ping
Let’s figure that they all work for cash, get free medical, free education, free school meals, government assisted housing, food stamps and whatever else they can work the system for. I would charge 20%, require SSn, W-9 and then release the money.
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Randy Terrill for President!
Everyone has a problem with America but everyone wants to send their folks here instead of fixing their country. I am tired of the massive flow of “labor workers” into our nation because the point of origin hasn’t done a damn thing to fix their economy. Seriously, why must we provide jobs to the world while still remaining the enemy to other nations ?
We need the likes of Terrill to replace unwanted RINO's in government!
Sick 'em!
Sounds like this guy is looking for the Directorship of ICE in the Palin administration?
“I’d also like to have good cause to advance legislation denying state-issued birth certificates to children born to illegal-alien parents.”
A-M-E-N !!!
Federal and State bennies being doled out LEGALLY to illegal aliens because of anchor babies may be a bigger magnet to the US than jobs.
END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIPS!
I stand with Mexico on this one. Unless Oklahoma changes its law to apply only to Mexicans and makes it a prohibition, not yet another nuisance tax Americans have to pay.
This guy definitely knows how to play hardball!
I think you are right! I wish we would hear more of this!
Agreed. All the supporters of the inhumane illegal immigrant issue should hang their heads in shame.
Where are their calls for Mexico, to start caring for their own citizens. Second, why should the U.S. welcome people that don’t even have the guts to stand up to a corrupt government. (Handing over MX to Narco-terrorists)
He definitely has big ones!
Yes, and I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to do remittances than bank wires. The Oklahomans are typical legislators: just grandstanding morons.
The way you solve the problem is you require employers to check citizenship / immigration status, and you enforce it. If you do that, the illegals will evaporate and the resulting ghost neighborhoods will reveal how big the problem was.
Thanks for posting this, I was just reading it. Mexico has run rough shod over our government for so long they are confident they can do the same to the states.
Show Mexico they can’t, Oklahoma!!!1
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