HB 1804 eating profits, some say

NEWS OKLAHOMA ^ | Sat December 29, 2007 | Devona Walker

[OKIEDOC]

Just more proof that if the Federal Government would also enforce the laws currently on the books immigration might not be the problem it is now.

[Spktyr]

Yay, people whining about the illegal profits they made using illegal aliens in illegal work for illegal pay.

What part of “illegal” didn’t they understand?

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

They dont like the business climate here in the States? Let them move to mexico and service the “hispanic” clientèle there! What’s the problem?

[VeniVidiVici]

Anyone from Oklahoma remember the last time newsok.com complained about lost profits from any other segment of industry?

[sinanju]

“Subsequently, the Oklahoma law has spurred the penning of numerous likeminded measures around the nation.”
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This is just the beginning, this snowball is going to pick up speed and get bigger faster.

[nckerr]

May immigrationis better handled by the States being united and not by the United States of America. Every state should adopt the same measures and the ones that don’t will feel the influx of immigrants and heat of the voters who are having to pay for it.

[17th Miss Regt]

The article does not look at the impact of illegal immigration on other minorities in Oklahoma. The state has a sizable black minority and these folks are significantly impacted by scads of illegal immigrants moving in and undercutting wages of established legal black citizens. Not to mention the costs of state and local taxpayer-paid social services received by this bunch. And no, they don't pay more in taxes than they receive in such services.

[NurdlyPeon]

On the other hand, this could all just be a bunch of inflated DBM B.S. to pacify us after the RATs defunded the fence. Just a thought.

[JamesP81]

Oklahoma homebuilders lost about 10 percent of their workforce after the law went into effect, said Mike Means, executive vice president of the Oklahoma State Home Builders Association.

And yet, the sky is not falling.

[QBFimi]

>> Oklahoma homebuilders lost about 10 percent of their workforce after the law went into effect.

>> folks are significantly impacted by scads of illegal immigrants moving in and undercutting wages of established legal black citizens.

OK, homebuilders, time for a little OJT (on the job training)? Maybe with a little push from the unemployment and/or welfare department you’d have some nice new employees that speak English?

[17th Miss Regt]

you’d have some nice new employees that speak English?

If you mix a deep southrun drawl with ghetto-speak, I'm not sure you still get anything recognizable as English. However, I'll still take the citizens as workers. I might just need a translator.

"Excuse me, stewardess, I speak jive. Would you like me to translate?"

[OKIEDOC]

Exactly the point.

The article is a feel good piece to salve the open wound left by the gnashing of teeth and tearing of sack cloth by the righteous indignation of the politically correct liberal bleeding hearts club.

[OKIEDOC]

See my post at 12.

[Rick_Michael]

Wow, a state that is actually capable of doing the right thing. I wonder if this will end-up being a national trend...?

[OKIEDOC]

Sad that an Oklahoma Democrat governor and a Republican legislature had to do what a Republican President and a Democrat controlled Congress could not do.

[Does so]

"...Oklahoma homebuilders lost about 10 percent of their workforce after the law went into effect..."

That workforce has moved to North Carolina.

[Tall_Texan]

Sounds like if 49 other states passed and enforced HB1804, there might be some real progress.

I realize, of course, that the media is trying to make the law into a bad thing by saying that Hispanic business are having bad sales but what it really says is that 20-50% of their business went to illegals who have chosen to leave.

Factor also that Oklahoma has been hit this month by terrible weather and power outages - something that probably hit ALL businesses very hard, not just Hispanic ones.

I’d like to know how the businesses are doing and the economy overall is doing 12 months from now. That would be a better gauge to measure the effect of this bill.

[Qout]

No, businesses employing bilingual legal residents whining about declining sales to illegal aliens. Macys is closing their Oklahoma City store too. They’re just not whining.

[maxter]

""Anyone from Oklahoma remember the last time newsok.com complained about lost profits from any other segment of industry?"

Nope.

[kittymyrib]

“Beginning July 1, the statute will require employers to verify employment prior to hiring new workers.”

Unfortunately, thanks to a 30-year-old liberal Supreme Court ruling, school districts cannot check the immigration status of students or their parents. This means they are stuck providing free breakfasts, lunches, and 7 hours of free child care to non-citizens on the local taxpayers’ dime. This needs to be changed by the next President and Congress.