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Legislation that proposes new penalties for employing illegal immigrants, possessing fraudulent identification and for transporting or “harboring” illegal immigrants will be debated in the full Georgia House of Representatives. The legislation also proposes giving law enforcement officers in the state the power to enforce federal immigration laws in certain circumstances and requires employers to use a federal verification system before hiring....

....Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, testified against the bill in committee because of its impact on Catholic Church ministries. Earlier provisions would have put individuals at risk of being arrested if they transported people found to be in the country illegally. Mulcahy said the impact on many church ministries, from driving youth to a confirmation retreat, taking a soccer team to a game or taking a sick person from a homeless shelter to a hospital, would be devastating and criminalize acts of charity....

....“As recommended by the House Judiciary (non-civil) committee, HB 87 creates the risk of criminal prosecution against churches and social welfare organizations by prohibiting any person from ‘harboring’ any person present in the United States in violation of federal immigration law.”

1 posted on 03/03/2011 7:50:02 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

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http://collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=8982


2 posted on 03/03/2011 7:57:25 AM PST by Ev Reeman
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To: Alex Murphy

On a related note:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2614856/posts


5 posted on 03/03/2011 8:49:17 AM PST by WPaCon
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To: Alex Murphy

The heads of any church that harbors or aids illegls in amy way belong in prison!


24 posted on 03/04/2011 7:11:59 AM PST by dalereed
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