Posted on 12/02/2010 2:34:24 PM PST by La Lydia
Sen. Luz Robles and the conservative think tank, The Sutherland Institute, are working together drafting a new immigration bill that may offer an option for Utah's undocumented immigrants who want to work in the state legally. Robles claims there are currently 110,000 undocumented immigrants in Utah whose majority numbers want to work and be productive members of society.
Robles introduced Tuesday a 21-page piece of legislation still in the drafting stages called the Utah Pilot Accountability Permit Program. The program would provide undocumented immigrants with permit cards allowing them to work legally given that they be subject to a criminal background check and that they both pay taxes and enroll in English and civics classes. Robles says the program is not amnesty or a path to citizenship.
"Immigration is a federal issue and we all recognize that, but the federal government has failed to take care of this issue and it has been an issue for at least decades," said Robles. "The state have been working on reactionary and proactive solution and we believe this is a Utah solution."...
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For illegals, everything. For those not illegal, nothing.
Where do I get my Rob A Bank permit?
It is against federal law to work in the US if you came here illegally and it is also against the law for employers to hire illegal aliens. Where is DOJ? I guess this falls into the same category as sancturay cities.
Here is Sutherland’s board of directors:
http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/bio/?c=1
And here is their staff:
http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/bio/?c=2
Sutherland’s entire website is pro-illegal alien/anti-enforcement. This is NOT a conservative think tank. For starters, it is unclear on the concept of RULE OF LAW.
or we could ask Joseph Crummy
Maybe - oh, wait.
We can't
They are dead
Killed Murdered in cold blood by illegals....
Oh ya, just the thing to help more more in.....
Ping!
Silly me! I thought there was already such an option. Its called applying for a temporary work permit before coming to this country under any number of government programs.
Can anyone say "hot dog theatrics"?
permit cards allowing them to work legally given that they be subject to a criminal background check
How do you do a background check on somebody already using a false ID ?
How many do you get to bag per permit? Is there a restricted season?
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