Secure the border and require valid papers for work...
Mike
“Secure the border and require valid papers for work...”
I agree. I don’t fear checkpoints, but I find them creepy from a constitutional viewpoint.
The state of Texas needs to create a branch of the DPS empowered to enter businesses suspected of employing illegals and inspect the verification paperwork. You know allot of that will be found to have been faked-up.
However, the illegal alien employer lobby in Texas is very powerful and I suspect this kind of enforcement to be politically unattainable.
The best bill put forward on this is Rep Debbie Riddles’ HB 1202 - Relating to the creation of the offense of employing or contracting with an unauthorized alien. IMHO many RINO Texas reps from urban districts have been bought by the big illegal alien employers like fast food and restaurant franchises. That spells doom for Riddle’s bill. It will “mysteriously” die in committee or fail on the floor. If it miraculously passes RINO Rick will prolly not sign it. He’ll go out later to a wine and cheese reception with his illegal alien employer friends.
Texas RINOS talk tough on border security but when the rubber meets the road they run away. Any law that will allow for the REAL detaining and expelling illegals will not survive, because they want to keep the pool of cheap labor, in Texas, large.
Just my opinion.
I'm sorry, but the basic problem with your suggestion is that it doesn't increase government power over the serfs. That is not the goal of legislatgion like this. The goal is to increase power and revenue coming in to government coffers.