Posted on 02/23/2012 5:54:45 PM PST by montag813
by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
"To me, this seems so simple. So very, very clear and so that's why I am supporting this law." - Governor Phil Bryant (R-MS)
Mississippi joins the growing number of states fed up with the Federal failure to enforce immigration laws - and is doing something about it. Last week, State Rep. Becky Currie (R) introduced House Bill 488 (PDF) - the Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2012 - a sweeping piece of legislation which would incorporate the best of previous state bills to come before it.
The bill would allow law enforcement officers to inquire about a person's immigration status after any "lawful stop, detention or arrest".
The bill also makes the "willful failure to carry an alien registration documents" a state crime. This is similar to the Arizona and Alabama statutes. And 488 also makes it a felony for an illegal alien to enter into a business transaction with any state entity. This is critical to make it as hard as possible for illegals to establish secure economic foothold in the state - a crucial deterrent.
H.B. 488 would also adopt a statute similar to Alabama's H.B. 56, requiring proof of proper documentation before a student may enroll in school, to determine whether the child is a foreign national in the U.S. illegally. That portion of the Alabama law was blocked by a Federal appeals court after being upheld by a lower court judge last summer.
Finally, the bill would make E-Verify verification for employment mandatory statewide, with the usual staged implementation schedule for large and later small businesses to comply. And 488 also makes it illegal to dimiss a legal alien or U.S. citizen worker while retaining an illegal one, when it can be proven that the employer knew this to be so.
Gov. Bryant no doubt saw reports such as ours, showing a spectacular decline in Alabama's unemployment rate vs. neighboring states, after adoption of H.B. 56 - after which tends of thousands of illegal aliens fled the state.
Meanwhile, lawyers with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a far-left pro-amnesty activist group, says if the bill passes, they will sue the state.
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THANK GOD! ANOTHER SANE PERSON IN POWER.
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Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to drop amid state-wide enforcement of a new immigration law, despite Democratic efforts to block and stigmatize the popular reform.
December’s unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, down from 8.7 percent in November and 9.8 percent in September.
“In the last three months alone, we’ve seen an unprecedented drop of 1.7 percentage points,” noted Alabama Republican Gov. Robert Bentley in a Jan. 20 statement.
Good idea but my homestate has not many Mexicans at least as far as i can tell
now they will have less
we need that here
but Romney like Haslam will never do it
Hurrah for Mississippi.
Wish California had been able to do this before it ceased being part of America.
Hurrah for Mississippi.
Wish California had been able to do this before it ceased being part of America.
An estimated 65,000 illegal aliens, at an anual cost of $140 million, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform FAIR).
u sure dont see em there like in Nashville
65000 is 800 per county...doable for sure
used to be 150000 just in Nashville
Yippeee!
I can’t wait until I establish residence there! Lordy...this blue state is so depressing.
If the White House Takes Wrong Step with Immigration Enforcement, how will this apply Mississippi ? Another Obama lawsuit ?fast forward :The Second Attack: Heritage Prediction Comes True
The Heritage Foundation predicted[1] in July 2009 that these changes would result in a reduction in the number of local law enforcement agencies interested in using Section 287(g). Sure enough, as recently reported, not one local law enforcement agency has signed an MOA since August 2010, and only two agencies signed MOAs after the July 2009 changes in the program. Media reports indicate that ICE will not sign any more MOAs and will move to “terminate” the “least productive” MOAs. Notably, the last three-year MOA will end in November 2012, thereby ending the program in its entirety.
To replace the work done under Section 287(g), the Obama Administration will focus on the Secure Communities program. Secure Communities is essentially a database tool for sending information to ICE about illegal immigrants who are arrested by state and local law enforcement and for helping ICE to prioritize resources. The Obama Administration has stated that it will focus on illegal immigrants in jails and prisons who have committed serious felonies.
Secure Communities, while a useful tool, is only a complementary aspect of a broader immigration enforcement system. With the elimination of the Section 287(g) program, that broader immigration enforcement system will get weaker.
Moving Forward on 287(g)
It is clear that the Obama Administration, along with its legal assault on state and local immigration enforcement laws, does not respect the rights of states or the important role they play in curbing illegal immigration. Congress can reassert its legislative and oversight authority to preserve the ability of state and local law enforcement agencies to use the Section 287(g) program. For instance, Congress can reverse the burdensome regulatory changes made in July 2009 and continue to fund the program. Many local law enforcement agencies may decide not to use the program, but Congress can help ensure that those that do can continue to do so.
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