Posted on 06/17/2005 9:18:36 PM PDT by bayourod
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Immigrants won a handful of protections from the 2005 Nevada Legislature, including measures that preserve their access to college scholarships, aim to improve their health and target human traffickers.
Advocates point to the battle over cutting back the cash-strapped Millennium Scholarship program as the most visible win for immigrants.
Republicans in the Senate had backed a plan that would have prohibited students without Social Security numbers from receiving the $10,000 college tuition awards. Late-night, hot-tempered negotiations blew up when Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, asked Democrats if they wanted the money to go to "illegal aliens."
Although the issue - along with new grade point average requirements and semester credit limits - forced lawmakers into a special session, the compromise deal removed the Social Security provision and was approved unanimously in the Senate and by a large majority in the Assembly.
"These are children who've gone through the public school system and their parents are paying taxes," said Jan Gilbert of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. "We believe they deserve (the scholarship) like other students."
A bill that tries to reduce harassment and discrimination in schools ranks high on American Civil Liberties Union lobbyist Laura Mijanovich's list of victories for immigrants. Mijanovich said immigrant children, particularly Muslim girls who wear headscarves, are often bullied, and school employees don't always deal with the complaints.
AB202 requires schools to have a uniform system of reporting harassment or bullying, and mandates staff training.
"They need to understand there's a lot of bias and stereotypes that need to be broken, and I believe this bill will help them deal with it in a more positive way," she said.
Attorney General Brian Sandoval introduced two bills aimed at protecting recent arrivals to the state, including SB456, which cracks down on human trafficking, slavery and forced labor.
Migrant workers in the construction and agricultural industries, and young men and women caught in the sex trade are the most common victims in Nevada, Chief Deputy Attorney General Gerald Gardner said.
The bill rewrites a Nevada law on involuntary servitude to include enslaving someone by confiscating their passport or threatening them with deportation.
"It gives us a far stronger tool to prosecute those trafficking in human slavery by allowing us to get them for physical and nonphysical threats," Gardner said. "It also helps us target the middle men, those who do the recruiting and harboring of trafficking victims."
Sandoval's other effort, which would have regulated businesses that advertise translation services but often dispense specious legal advice on naturalization, died in an Assembly committee.
AB490 ran into opposition from legal experts who argued the businesses were illegally practicing law and should be shut down, not regulated.
Assemblyman Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas was more successful with his proposal to bar notaries public from advertising with the Spanish translation "notario publico" - a common term for "lawyer" in some countries.
Lawmakers also created and funded an Office of Minority Health to coordinate programs to try to improve minorities' access to affordable health care.
Advocates were less successful in pushing a bill that would have required construction companies that have contracts with the state to recruit more minorities and women. Faced with industry opposition, the bill was rewritten as a resolution encouraging women and minorities to take advantage of opportunities in the field.
United States laws are for the protection of United States citizens. If these laws are to be interpreted as laws for "anyone" then sovereignty no longer exists.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Pretty funny. As one who worked for the IRS, going after non-filers and non-payers, let me tell you the non-compliance among "immigrants" is very, very high. In fact, I received an award from the President (of the U.S.) for discovering a fraudulent tax refund scheme originated by an "immigrant" advocate, using falsified ID's from non-existent "citizens".
You have no idea just how huge the tax fraud is originating from residents south of the border.
Think about it... if these illegals are paid so low that they are called "poor" and "oppressed" they wouldn't owe any taxes--they'd get Earned Income Credit refunds...If they would file tax returns--few do.
The illegals have discovered the tax loophole favored by home-grown tax cheats: Independent Contractor. No withholding, no filing, get welfare while making $100,000 a year. By the time the IRS catches up to them they're long gone. The employment tax regulations are so weak employers failing to issue 1099's are rarely caught and/or punished.
LoL!!
If you were to then complain, "But it is illegal to allow strangers to trespass into my home." We might reply, "We will pass a 'bayourod law' and make it officially legal. Then you'll have no complaint and you'll feel better."
It can be done however.
A visit to the office of Immigration and naturalization and the honor of a green card bestowed upon one works wonders for those eager to be a member of our wonderful union.
And IT'S THE LAW!
: )
Illegals create wealth. They create markets. They create opportunity. Legal or illegal they are going to be here. We need a guest worker program that recognizes that fact.
You are just a one-trick pony, aren't you?
That being the case let's just make it easier for them and solve all our illegal immigration problems.
Happiness increasing exponentially. Let's get your doors open now.
Happiness is TB, AIDS, or the like...
It ain't "illegal" for nothin'!
So we've passed a law making it legal for strangers to use MM's and bayourod's homes. MM and bayourod know they're supposed to feel happy about it, since it's now legal and all, but there is this nagging doubt about the whole thing. "For one thing," says MM, "That guy Miguel is camped out in my bathroom with his whole family, and it makes my taking a shower a bit uncomfortable." We would answer, "But Miguel is a cockroach inspector, and a very good one. It's job you're not willing to do, so it only makes sense to allow the rest of us to have the benefit of his expertise.
"But we do agree that it isn't right to have him camped out in your bathroom. That's undignified. We strongly suggest that you put some extra beds in your bedroom and let him and his family sleep there." "But my bedroom is too small!" "Then move out. Or, build a new wing." "But who will pay for that?" "Why, you, of course. But it's only fair. Miguel's cockroach inspecting services benefits the rest of us so much, we are quite willing to compel you to build him appropriate accommodations."
Las Vegas is doing fine with all the cockroach inspectors. I don't think we can get too huffy about a city built by the mob and catering to the worst avarices of mankind.
So what we say is, "MM, your place is a dump, a first class pig sty. That being the case, you have no room to complain about a few transients moving into your bathroom and cooking their meals on sterno cans."
Um. I don't get free health care! I don't get paid under the table. I don't get ANY benny's other than to pay for someone elses!!
Not directed at you...just the concept.
Change you name to Lopez.
Make it Roberto (Bob) Lopez.
OIK!
Bob.....
You as many of us, Brad's Gramma, just understand that you and the rest of us have the best d@mn health care in the world, the US is the icon of living life to it's fullest, has the best to offer all, however, this status that we have achieved has not been obtained without toil, sorrow, determination, and will.
Getting bennie's doesn't require any of these virtues.
To become a member of our society takes diligence, determination, and respect for what we stand for.
Without these qualities, then one is not worthy of citizenship but is worthy of a swift boot to the butt out of here!
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