passed.
Good deal!
I’m from near there and know Nebraskans well. Broadly speaking they are traditionalists, but fair-minded, and NOT racists. Not far from Fremont you’ll find small tows with strong ethnic heritage - German, Polish, and Czech - in fact a hilly region is referred to as the “Bohemian Alps of Nebraska”. These folks are descended from immigrants and homesteaders and they celebrate their heritage while taking pride in being Americans. I’m certain those who voted YES today want nothing more or less. Follow the rules and come here legally and they will welcome Hispanic or any other immigrants with open arms as friends and neighbors.
But if a person is here illegally...well, what part of “illegal” is difficult to understand?
“passed.”
Put this on ballots — give people a chance to vote as to how they really feel — and my guess this will pass almost everywhere.
I said “almost”. Calfornia, New York, Massachusetts, and a few other places excluded, of course.
But the underlying seniments amongst ordinary (read: Euro) Americans for such restrictions on illegals are there — this ballot measure proves it.
These “restrictions” on illegals seem a lot like those that were implemented back east in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Those measures were struck down in court (U.S. District Court, I presume). Not sure if the Hazleton case is stlll progressing upward through the appellate channels.
Perhaps if the Nebraska initiative is _also_ struck down by a different jurisdiction of the federal courts, it [alongside of the Hazleton restrictions] will eventually get bumped up to a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court often waits until an issue has been adjudicated in more than one federal district before agreeing to accept it.
We need to get this addressed by the Supreme Court while we still have a working majority there. Our current majority may not last through Obama’s term (things happen).