Thanks to Gindy for pointing me to this article about Arizona newest immigration policy
More than a month after Arizona voters passed a new initiative against illegal immigration, a federal judge in Tucson lifted his Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Wednesday and has allowed Proposition 200 to become law.
Proposition 200, or Protect Arizona Now (PAN), cuts off undocumented aliens from public benefits, requires state workers to report anyone they suspect of trying to obtain those benefits illegally and requires anyone registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship. Voters also have to show government-issued photo identification at the polls.
The measure also makes it a crime for state, county and city employees not to report anyone they suspect of illegally applying for benefits. In fact, failure to report could mean an employee would face Class 2 misdemeanor criminal charges punishable by $750 in fines and up to a year in jail per count.
Awesome news! I am all for legal immigration but illegal’s eat up so much of our resources it’s left us hemorrhaging cash. My wife who works in the ER of a local hospital estimates that over 60-70% of patients into the ER are illegals who will never pay the hospital for its care (now granted that is just her opinion, she didn’t do a study so don’t go all goofy on me).
Plus the simple freakin fact that how we can expect to keep this country safe when we can’t even control our borders. It is just not possible without controlling our borders and getting more common sense immigration policies into effect. Is the President’s new policy the answer? Hell no. I love Bush but in this we disagree wholeheartedly.
I’ve heard it all before, “they just do the job American’s don’t want to do themselves”, bullshit. I blame the business community for some of this, they employ these illegals because its cheaper, which brings more illegals in since they can find jobs easier…and then its just a vicious cycle.
At least Arizona is getting it right for now
The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) said it will file an appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco early next week. MALDEF lawyers will be seeking another TRO, which would put Proposition 200 back on hold until the full federal court system determines whether on not the measure passes constitutional muster.
Miranda noted that could take a while. “Though it’ll only take about 30 days to decide on the temporary restraining order, it’ll take another year, year and a half to get to court.
Whatcha think the 9th Circuit will do?
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