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Georgia panel advances Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration



Georgia moved one step closer Monday to mounting an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration when a key legislative panel passed a 22-page bill targeting the problem.




Like Arizona’s tough new law, House Bill 87 authorizes police to verify the immigration status of certain suspects. It also empowers police to detain these suspects and take them to jail, if authorities determine they are in the country illegally.

Additionally, the newly revised bill penalizes people who “willfully and fraudulently” use fake identification to get a job in Georgia. Such people could be charged with a felony -- aggravated identity fraud -- and face up to 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines under the bill.

The bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Matt Ramsey of Peachtree City, said he hopes his bill could come before the House Rules Committee and then go to the House floor for a vote this week.

House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, unsuccessfully sought for the committee to table Ramsey’s bill on Monday. She complained it has “several constitutional and substantive impediments.” And she warned it could lead to racial profiling, create a “fiscal nightmare” for government agencies facing lawsuits and damage the state’s economy.

“I’m deeply concerned about the impact of this bill on the bottom line of this state at the time of an economic downturn,” she told the committee.

Ramsey and others have complained illegal immigrants are sapping taxpayer-funded resources in Georgia. His bill includes language prohibiting police from using race and national origin while enforcing its provisions.

Similar legislation -- Senate Bill 40 -- is pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee. That bill’s author, Republican Sen. Jack Murphy of Cumming, pulled much of the teeth out of that legislation when he introduced a revised version last week. There are at least six other immigration-related bills pending in the Statehouse now.

Meanwhile, supporters of some of this legislation are seeking to pressure Gov. Nathan Deal to live up to his campaign promises and support bringing an Arizona-style law here.

Asked about the pending legislation in Georgia, Deal recently suggested there are limits on what the state can legally do concerning immigration, and he said he does not want to put an “undue burden” on employers who would have to comply with certain requirements in the bills, such as making sure employees are eligible to work in the United States.

A spokesman for Deal last week said the governor is committed to curbing illegal immigration in Georgia but is focused on other priorities now, including closing a gaping hole in the state budget.

On Monday, Ramsey said the new provision in his bill aimed at illegal immigrants using fake identification could serve as a deterrent.

“It is just another tool we are giving prosecutors,” Ramsey told the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee on Monday before it approved his bill.

Called the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, HB 87 also would punish certain people who knowingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants here. And it empowers people to sue local and state government officials who don't enforce existing state laws aimed at illegal immigration.

Ramsey's newly revised legislation gives state and local government officials up to 30 days to move into compliance with existing state laws targeting illegal immigration before someone could sue them for violations. The added 30-day “cure period” is meant to prevent frivolous lawsuits, Ramsey said.

Also Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a hearing on another immigration-related bill -- Senate Bill 27 -- to give the sponsor time to review a softer substitute version that has been introduced. The substitute includes substantial changes to the original, which seeks to toughen existing laws aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from getting jobs in Georgia. The sponsor of SB 27, Republican Sen. Judson Hill of Marietta, said Monday he did not know who had introduced the substitute.



and the same ole argument against the bill is racial profiling... ho hum yawn.............

question? if a cop stops a german ,, and the german doesn't speak english, and the cop decides they are in this country illegaly, and arrests the german,,,, is this a case of racial profiling??????????

WAY TO GO GEORGIA



Georgia House passes stringent immigration billFrom Gustavo Valdes,
The Georgia House passed a law that would require employers to verify the legal status of workers Thursday.

The state House passes stringent requirements
The Georgia Senate will take up the controversial legislation
Atlanta (CNN) -- The Georgia House on Thursday passed a tough immigration law that would require employers to verify the legal status of workers they hire.

House Bill 87, which has been likened to the Arizona immigration law, was passed 113-56 and goes to the state Senate.

Under the measure, Georgia companies would be required to use E-Verify, a federal database, to check the documentation of current and prospective employees. That database had been created by Congress as a voluntary, discretionary resource.

The bill criminalizes the transportation of illegal immigrants and allows law enforcement officials to check the legal status of people in custody in certain situations.

Opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union, said the bill would encourage racial profiling and would harm the state's economy, particularly the sizable agricultural industry.

"This is a good piece of legislation," said House Majority Whip Edward Lindsey, a Republican. "It's an important step forward for the state and a good call for the federal government to do its job."

State Rep. Pedro Marin, a Democrat from suburban Gwinnett County, said the bill would create second-class citizens.

About 200 people outside the state Capitol protested against the legislation, calling on Gov. Nathan Deal to veto it if it gets to his desk.

"They are trying to tell the immigrant community that we don't contribute to the state, saying we are an illegal community and that's not true," said protester Paulina Hernandez. "We are only an undocumented community because this country doesn't have the spine to pass immigration legislation that makes sense."

In February, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she had "no other choice" than to sue the federal government for what she called Washington's failure to secure her state's border and enforce immigration laws.

Arizona's move was an attempt to strike back at the Obama administration for a lawsuit blocking parts of a controversial law Brewer signed last April. It authorizes police to identify and help deport those suspected of being in the country illegally. The measure sparked protests in Arizona and around the country

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hummm wonder why they are being protected in CO ?? well maybe all of the umpteen million illegals in the US. will flock to CO. that way they will all be in one place... colorado must have a lot of money, and alot of willing taxpayers who are willing to support them.

WHO HAS A RANCH IN TEXAS ?? i'll bet all texsans can afford domestic ,and gardening help...
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Texas immigration bill has big exceptionBy Mariano Castillo, CNNMarch 2, 2011 10:28 a.m. EST
Texas lawmakers are facing increased pressure from constituents to take action on immigration.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The bill would deal strong punishments to those who hire unauthorized immigrants
But household workers would be an exception

(CNN) -- Amid a number of bills filed in Texas that address the issue of illegal immigration, one, proposed by Republican state Rep. Debbie Riddle, stands out.

As proposed, House Bill 1202 would create tough state punishments for those who "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly" hire an unauthorized immigrant. Violators could face up to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

But it is an exception included in the bill that is drawing attention. Those who hire unauthorized immigrants would be in violation of the law -- unless they are hiring a maid, a lawn caretaker or another houseworker.

It is a tough immigration bill with a soft side that protects those who hire unauthorized immigrants "for the purpose of obtaining labor or other work to be performed exclusively or primarily at a single-family residence."

Texas state Rep. Aaron Pena, a Republican, said the exception is a wise one.

"With things as they are today, her bill will see a large segment of the Texas population in prison" if it passes without the exception, he said.

"When it comes to household employees or yard workers it is extremely common for Texans to hire people who are likely undocumented workers," Pena said. "It is so common it is overlooked."

The bills and other illegal immigration-related bills filed by Riddle and others reflect an increased pressure from constituents for action on the issue, Pena said. Because the federal government isn't doing its job, residents press state officials to act, he said.

Leo Berman, a Republican state representative, agreed that there was a stronger voice from Texas voters on the issue. "Absolutely," he said.

The Texas legislature convenes only once every two years, so Texas has not passed tough anti-illegal immigration laws like some other states. The result has been that unauthorized immigrants in those states are relocating to Texas, Berman said.

Berman himself has filed a number of immigrant-related bills this legislative session. One would make English the official language of Texas, a move that would save millions in printing costs, he said. The law wouldn't affect schools or ballots, he added.

Another bill would place an 8% surcharge on all money wired from Texas to Latin America. About $480 million could be collected from money sent to Mexico alone, the representative said. The proceeds would be earmarked for state hospitals.

A third bill would require police officers to ask every person they stop what their citizenship status is.

Amid all of these tough proposals, why the large exception to Riddle's bill on hiring unauthorized workers?

Riddle did not return repeated calls for comment. Her office said she would not comment on the bill because it could still be modified.

In a interview with the Texas Tribune, Riddle's chief of staff, Jon English, explained that the exception was to avoid "stifling the economic engine" in Texas.

"It is an admittedly clumsy first attempt to say, 'We are really focusing on the big businesses,'" English said. Texans shouldn't be punished for hiring lawn care companies who hire unauthorized immigrants, he said, according to the Texas Tribune's website

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.........



Mexico raises concerns over Georgia illegal immigration billS .By Jeremy Redmon


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta’s Mexican Consulate is expressing concerns over the “potentially grave effects” pending legislation targeting illegal immigration could have on Mexican nationals here.




In a statement released Friday, the consulate singled out House Bill 87, which passed Georgia’s House on Thursday. Among other things, HB 87 would authorize state and local police to verify the immigration status of certain suspects. It also would punish certain people who knowingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants here.

“As many local human rights organizations have already expressed, the consulate shares the view that measures focused on criminalizing migrants open possibilities for undue law enforcement practices and racial profiling,” the consulate said in its statement.

“Mexico also expresses its concern over the possible negative effects that this kind of bill could have on the friendship, trade, culture and tourism links that have traditionally united our country with Georgia. Mexico is the state’s third largest international market.”

Last month, the Mexican ambassador to the United States criticized HB 87 in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, saying the legislation “could lead down a slippery slope of racial profiling.”

The bill’s sponsor -- Republican Rep. Matt Ramsey of Peachtree City -- and other supporters of his legislation have vehemently denied such charges.

"I find it incredibly arrogant and audacious that the Mexican government would inject itself into the Georgia Legislature's debate on this pressing state issue," Ramsey said in a statement he issued in response Friday evening. "Their time would be better spent identifying ways to reform the extraordinary levels of corruption in Mexican government and society and improve their nation's deplorable economy.

"The root cause of illegal immigration from Mexico is the failure of the Mexican government to provide its people economic opportunity or even basic public safety such that millions of its citizens are so desperate that they are willing to break the law to enter the United States in search of a better life.

"I also find it deeply hypocritical that the Mexican government, which has such repressive immigration policies of its own, would criticize our effort to enforce America's comparatively liberal immigration laws, which are the most welcoming to immigrants in the world."

PROGRESS IS BEING MADE,, no matter what bleeding heart organization is making noise... the american people want only legal immagration...and they are sick and tired of paying through the nose,, to support illegals.


A Sheriff was suspended without pay merely for answering questions put to him at a hearing considering an AZ style law: that some big local businesses hire a ton of illegal aliens and allegedly provide false documents for them. Sheriff Schmitt said his information came from informants and that calls to ICE were ignored. This is an OUTRAGE. There must be an immediate investigation of the town and businesses



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Former Kansas welfare worker says illegal immigrants abused the system
By STEVE KRASKE
The Kansas City Star

John Hanna
Lana Reed, a former Kansas social services case worker, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration, Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. She says state policies favor illegal immigrants over legal residents in determining who gets food assistance. (AP Photo/John Hanna)More News
Emotions run high at hearing into radicalization of American Muslims Mayoral candidates' legal careers offer clues to their approach to government McCaskill billed taxpayers for a political trip, has paid for it McCaskill admits one plane trip was to political event, has paid for it Ken Bacchus and Michael Brooks are in a tight race for KC’s 5th District council seat Opponents question need for voter ID bill Missouri House approves bill that would allow English-only driver license exams Former Kansas welfare worker says illegal immigrants abused the system Statistics intensify feud over public-sector payrolls Obama nominates Steve Six to federal appeals bench Surprise move advances union restriction in Wisconsin legislature Prop B changes bring howls of protest McCaskill repays money for chartered flights Johnson County D.A. investigates voter fraud cases Missouri House panel calls for prison funding cuts Missouri ponders creating a health insurance exchange Cost of cold medicine will rise if new law is passed, lobbyists say Missouri Senate endorses repeal of dog breeding law Early poll shows McCaskill race could be tight Requiring prescription for cold medicine would cost families TOPEKA | A hearing on an Arizona-style immigration law drew impassioned testimony Thursday, including a statement from a former welfare worker who described “overwhelming” levels of fraud by illegal immigrants.

Lana Reed, who worked as a bilingual specialist for the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in Overland Park from 2008 to 2010, urged lawmakers to adopt the bill targeting illegal immigration. She described a system overrun by illegal immigrants who used false Social Security numbers and other fraudulent documents to game the system.

“I witnessed overwhelming levels of fraud and corruption resulting in the waste of millions of taxpayer dollars,” Reed told the House Judiciary Committee. “Most of the fraud was conducted pursuant to policies of the SRS, which required employees to turn a blind eye to fraud and abuse.”

Bill Miskell, an SRS spokesman, said that Reed’s testimony was “new information” to him and that it would be evaluated today.

“We have protocols and procedures in place for caseworkers to follow, established by longstanding state and federal law,” he said. “We expect them to follow those protocols and practices and … if someone has evidence that that is not happening, we would want them to bring that to our attention.”

The bill, written by Rep. Lance Kinzer, an Olathe Republican, along with Secretary of State Kris Kobach, proposes ways to stem the waves of illegal immigrants who they say have flooded into Kansas in recent years.

The bill would require police to check the legal status of those they suspect might be in the U.S. illegally. It would require state and local governments and their contractors to run citizenship checks on new hires and require proof of citizenship for anyone seeking public aid.

“In times like this, we have to make sure that Kansans trying to put food on the table are not competing against illegal workers,” said Kobach, who helped write the controversial Arizona law.

In a standing-room-only statehouse hearing room, opponents argued that the measure would stretch already overworked police departments, prove costly to businesses and pose an administrative nightmare for workers who provide health services.

“It is a monstrous unfunded mandate on local governments,” said Mike Taylor, a spokesman for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. Particularly troublesome, Taylor said, is the requirement that police verify the citizenship of people they stop if officers develop a “reasonable suspicion” that they are in contact with illegal immigrants. It would tie up officers for hours, he said, and undermine the county’s community policing program.

But Kobach insisted the measure would save the state millions in welfare benefits that no longer would be paid to illegal immigrants. He said the four states surrounding Kansas, including Missouri, have adopted “E-verify” programs for their own hiring.

Tom Stoffers of Tonganoxie said the state was being “bled dry” by illegal immigrants who use social services.

The committee did not vote on the bill Thursday. The panel must adopt it by March 18 in order for it to be heard by the full House.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011...s.html#ixzz1GKFZbJb2

CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) - Police serving a search warrant in a drug investigation said they found something more ghastly in a backyard shed: Two human skulls in a shrine, and several hundred pounds of animal bones, flesh, and blood believed to be part of a religious ceremony.

Roberto Casillas-Corrales, 53, of Clearfield, remained jailed Monday, a day after he was arrested for investigation of abuse or desecration of a human body. Authorities say he may also face several charges of cruelty to animals.

"We believe it's a religious ritual at this time," said Mike Stenquist, assistant police chief in Clearfield, about 20 miles north of Salt Lake City. "He's been performing some type of ceremonies in his backyard shed, and that would include the sacrificing of animals, lambs, sheep, goats, rams and chickens."

The human skulls have been sent to the medical examiner for analysis, and the investigation is ongoing, Stenquist said.

Casillas-Corrales told authorities the skulls had been removed from grave sites in Cuba, and that he had purchased them for use in religious ceremonies.

A message left at his home Monday wasn't immediately returned, and it wasn't immediately clear whether he had an attorney.

Clearfield police had gone to Casillas-Corrales' home Sunday afternoon to assist a Weber County narcotics task force in an investigation into drug distribution. A search didn't turn up any drugs, only the human and animal remains.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents also are investigating because Casillas-Corrales isn't a U.S. citizen.

Stand With Arizona (and Against Illegal Immigration)
How's the economy treating you? Well it's boom time again for illegal aliens, as Jan. showed a large jump in cash transfers sent back home by illegals. Mexico gets $30 BILLION a year back, which is why they fight SO hard to defeat laws like SB1070. The U.S. is their outsourced welfare system - with a 'cash back' reward to boot. Angry? Then help us pass AZ-style laws in every state to stop this madness

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Angry? Then help us pass AZ-style laws in every state to stop this madness.

Yes! The scourge of daylight savings time has been allowed to go on for too long! Stop the cow-confusing insanity. Let's end DST now!

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Angry? Then help us pass AZ-style laws in every state to stop this madness.

Yes! The scourge of daylight savings time has been allowed to go on for too long! Stop the cow-confusing insanity. Let's end DST now!

fred,,this problem of illegals, penetrating all branches of federal and state government,, is not a laughing matter. make jokes...fool...but post somewhere else......maybe fred you are making money off of the illegals hey !!.....

Why did the press ignore murderous rampage just outside nation’s capital?
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On February 10, 2011, Prince William County police arrested Jose Oswaldo Reyes Alfaro, 37, after he allegedly went on a shooting and stabbing spree which left three people dead and three others wounded. When he was taken into custody, the Salvadoran national had in his possession, a machete as well as a .38 caliber revolver.

The two separate attacks occurred only a few blocks apart.

The list of victims follows:

The Hood Road attack:

-Brenda Ashcraft, 56, pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds

-William Ashbey Ashcroft, 37, died in route to the hospital

-34-year-old woman, gunshot wound, survived

-15-year-old girl, gunshot wound, survived

The Brent Street location

-Julio Cesar Ulloa, 48, pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wound

-77-year-old unidentified woman, suffered stab wounds, severe lacerations to the head, survived

According to Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen, the suspect was ordered deported in 2002, but was never detained by federal immigration authorities and never left, despite two more arrests after his deportation order.

-On March 13, 2004, Alfaro was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. He was found guilty and sentenced to 90 days in jail. However, all of the jail time was suspended and he was only ordered to pay $187 in court costs.

-On January 25, 2008, Alfaro was arrested again and charged with drinking alcoholic beverages in a public.

According to court records, he paid a $25 fine and $72 in court costs and never appeared in court for the charge.

Of course, Jose Oswaldo Reyes Alfaro’s next court appearance came on February 11, 2011, when he was arraigned on three counts of first-degree murder.

Those are the facts of the case, now for the pressing question…

After only a brief mention the day after the attacks occurred, this case disappeared completely from newsrooms across the country.

Why would the American press simply ignore a case in which a man running through the streets of a Washington D.C. suburb with a machete and a gun, left innocent victims both dead and severely wounded in his path?

Are the facts considered too gruesome for human consumption?

That explanation does not hold water when you consider that this is the same news media which broadcast from every angle, the image of the dead and dying in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last year. Of course, now, that same media complex is scouring the streets of northern Japan to bring into our living rooms, every sickening image of human suffering that nature hath wrought.

Could the story not be important enough?

That explanation also seems ridiculous in light of the 24/7 coverage devoted to the drug-addled actions of actor Charlie Sheen and his never-ending desperate pleas for attention.

So, why has the mainstream news media decided that such a mass and brutal attack should not be examined?

Could it be the fact that the man held responsible for this horrific act is in the country illegally?

Could it be the fact that Jose Oswaldo Reyes Alfaro was ordered deported but simply never left and the federal government never followed through on that order?

Could it be that though this illegal alien who had been slated for deportation was arrested twice more while he was considered an immigration fugitive, and simply released both times?

Could it be the fact that this illegal alien, contrary to what both Presidents Bush and Obama have told us…was not “just here to work?”

Could it be the fact that this case may demonstrate more clearly than any other to the American people why it is so important to fiercely defend our borders and actually enforce existing immigration laws?

Or, could it be as Virginia state Delegate Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) described it, the day after the attacks, when Del. Jackson said: “It’s another abject failure of the federal government. Now we have three innocent victims in my city, about a mile from my house there’s a murderous rampage. I am furious. … Yet it happens over and over and over again, and then we have to hear all of these apologetic excuses as to why we shouldn’t be addressing criminal illegal aliens on the state or local level. It’s just disgusting.”

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sooo ~ these horror stories represent ALL illegal aliens in this country?

paSHAW!! so if Rosalinda down the street is threatened or her children need medical care she cannot call the police for protection or take her child to a doctor for fear of deportation?

this criminalizes an entire segment of our population. YES, GUILTY until proven INNOCENT. that is unconstitutional.

do you have any idea how many NDN's LOOK hispanic???

Jokelahoma. two steps forward 5 steps back. *sigh*

could expect nothing less from broken bootstrap Failin Fallin.