VIRGINIA MOVES TO END MEXICAN OCCUPATION & WELFARE STATE

MOST OF THE FORTUNE 500 ARE GENEROUS DONORS TO LA RAZA – THE MEXICAN FASCIST POLITICAL PARTY

“The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work. Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190 billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the labor market at the low-wage end.” Christian Science Monitor
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Lou Dobbs Tonight

Monday, June 16, 2008

Tonight, we’ll have all the latest on the devastating floods in the Midwest and all the day’s news from the campaign trail. The massive corporate mouthpiece the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is holding a “North American Forum” to lay out its “shared vision” for the United States, Canada and Mexico – which is to say a borderless, pro-business super-state in which U.S. sovereignty will be dissolved. Undercover investigators have found incredibly lax security and enforcement at U.S. border crossings, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. This report comes on the heels of a separate report by U.C. San Diego that shows tougher border security efforts aren’t deterring illegal entries to the United States.
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Obama soft on illegals enforcement

Arrests of illegal immigrant workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama, according to figures released Wednesday. Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at work sites all fell by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009.

The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said a period of economic turmoil is the wrong time to be cutting enforcement and letting illegal immigrants take jobs that Americans otherwise would hold.


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Arizona, Virginia Address Illegal Immigration. . . (as Feds Continue to Look the Other Way)

Arizona, Virginia Address Illegal Immigration as Feds Continue to Look the Other Way


With the federal government’s persistent refusal to enforce immigration laws, state legislatures across the country continue to address the issue of illegal immigration on their own. Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Arizona State Senate both passed enforcement-oriented legislation.

On Monday, February 15, the Arizona State Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 1070 by a vote of 17 to 13. (Vote Results). Entitled the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act,” SB 1070 would prohibit Arizona police departments from adopting sanctuary policies that prevent officers from asking individuals about their immigration status. SB 1070 would also establish a new state trespassing statute that would make it illegal for any person to be present on any public or private land in Arizona in violation of federal immigration law. (SB 1070; For more on SB 1070, see East Valley Tribune, February 15, 2010). In addition, the Arizona Senate passed another bill, SB 1027, which would require the state’s Department of Public Safety to “seek grants to implement a one-year pilot program that would use seismic sensors to monitor rural airport runways and other rural areas of [Arizona] where illegal drug traffic and illegal alien traffic or human smuggling are likely to occur.” (SB 1027). Both bills have been sent to the Arizona House for further action. (See Bill Status Overviews for SB 1070 and SB 1027). The legislative prospects for the bills are unclear at this point. While SB 1070 has drawn support from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association and the Arizona Police Association, a similar bill stalled in the Arizona House during the last legislative session after passing through the Senate. (The Arizona Republic, January 21, 2010; KSWT, January 20, 2010).

One day after the action in the Arizona Senate, the Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved House Bill (HB) 737 by a vote of 82 to 13. (Vote Results). Originally, HB 737 would have required all state agencies, local governments, public contractors, and employers with 15 or more employees to enroll in E-Verify. (HB 737 – Text as Introduced). However, after intense lobbying by big business special interest groups, the House of Delegates passed a pared-down version of the legislation that would require only state agencies and local governments to enroll in E-Verify. (HB 737 – Text as Passed by House). Under the bill, government agencies would be required to enroll in E-Verify before December 1, 2010 and subsequently use E-Verify for each newly hired employee who is to perform work within the state of Virginia. (Id.). The bill has now moved to the Virginia Senate, where it has been referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. (Bill Tracking). The bill has now moved to the Virginia Senate, where it has been referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. (Bill Tracking). While it is unclear as to when or if HB 737 will move in the Virginia Senate, it may receive support from recently sworn-in Governor Bob McDonnell. McDonnell campaigned on strengthening immigration enforcement, particularly with respect to statewide participation in the 287(g) program. (See FAIR’s Legislative Update, November 9, 2009).