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In 2004 and 2006 Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits funded by taxpayers. During a special session, in August of this year, lawmakers approved adding provisions to the legislation in order to “plug holes in that law.”
Ken Strobeck, executive director of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns is challenging those provisions. He says; "The law is already clear in Arizona that cities and towns cannot - and do not want to - provide public benefits, public services to people who are in the country illegally.”
Howard Fischer, of Capitol Media Services, reported Tuesday: “The league is challenging the fact that the new law was not put into a separate bill of its own but instead made a provision of a larger measure dealing with the state budget.”
In response, House Speaker Kirk Adams stated, “Lawmakers are free to make "policy changes" that can save money for the state in the long term. And with cities getting a share of state tax collections, that makes how they spend their money state business.”
With Arizona’s serious budget deficits and the economic recession, going after those that receive benefits illegally makes sense. It is puzzling however that every time Arizona citizens vote to strictly enforce immigration laws, there is always a group or an individual who stand ready to challenge it. One has to wonder at their motivation or, more importantly, their agenda.
For more information visit the Arizona State Legislature at www.azleg.gov
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TO THE LAWMAKERS WE VOTED FOR AT 202-224-3121, or go their in person. GOOGLE--these websites---NUMBERSUSA will show you the costs and enforcement gradings of those in Washington. JUDICIAL WATCH will uncover for you the rampant corruption money game. CAPSWEB will explain irreversible population growth in California and nationwide. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL and THE DARK SIDE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
Poll after poll shows that Americans want well-enforced, sensible, and sustainable immigration laws. READ THE FACTS, NOT PROPAGANDA FROM THE LIBERAL NATIONAL PRESS. READ THE REAL POLLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT: fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_researchd74c
The illegal immigration occupancy of our country, has corporate, agriculture and open border lobbyists pouring millions of dollars into forcing another facade of Amnesty through the politicians bank accounts. Money in the way of foundation grants, George Soros are funneled into the Southern Poverty league, ACLU and other commodities of the Liberal-Socialist-Marxist groups, who have an ominous agenda of wide-open immigration--legal and illegal-- to satisfy their masters.
IF millions of us sit on our hands this time and stay silent, the House-Senate will push through another AMNESTY package and the biggest losers will be all of us. All those working illegally in America will do a disappearing act from agriculture and other industries, and once legal can steal every conceivable job that benefits low skilled American workers. The majority will still be paid under the table, and the same act will repeat itself as directly shown after the 1986 Amnesty. If you think the border fence is stu
E-Verify should be allowed to display the E-Verify notice. Any person who illegally displays the placard, should be heavily fined if they violate this federal law. Senior Citizens could be hired by the feds nationwide, to inspect 1-9's at businesses and audit documents in each region of the country. None of this will be any good if --AMNESTY--is passed as millions more illegal immigrants will be scaling the fences, or under the pretext of being a tourist gain entry to America? The last AMNESTY turned into a joke against the American taxpayer. CORPORATE WELFARE or ENTITLEMENTS are the best way to explain this, because of the illegal cheap labor market thats poured through gaping laws in enforcement. Everybody has their price including the politicians who have been cheating the American people for years, by drafting undisclosed legislation rewarding illegal immigrants with health care and education.
These jokers in Washington can save taxpayers millions instead of discussing a whole new bill, just by amending parts of the 1986 law? Including in this amendment process, would be up-front information for the public to decide on? Those politicians who have been poisoned monetary by heavyweight business lobbyists and the hundreds of anti-American, open border extremists. As with Sen.Gutierrez D-IL who should not be present, as he reneged on his oath of allegiance to the United States. E-Verify should be a mandatory law, for not just new employees but for everybody who draws a payroll check. The police engagement 287 (g) law should also be fully funded by the feds and not just half measures, so that many counties can refuse to execute the illegal immigrant arrest law.
ALL WASHINGTON HAS TO DO IS ADD AMENDMENTS TO THE 1986 IMMIGRATION CONTROL & REFORM ACT? THE SIMPSON/ MAZZOLI BILL QUALIFIED IN THE EYES OF SEN TED KENNEDY (RIP). WHO ALSO SWORE THERE WOULD--NEVER BE ANOTHER AMNESTY. Having another path to citizenship indicates to me, that there is some underhand discussions going on behind the back of taxpaying Americans. That Sen.Harry Reid (D-NV) Speaker N. Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. John McCain R-AZ will be involved with pushing through this next AMNESTY and--THE PEOPLE--will be last to know? How many more billions is it going to cost in raised taxes to legitimize 20 to 30 million foreign nationals? Currently we have two wars on the agenda, a health care package with loopholes for illegal immigrants, Cap & trade and global warming? Not forgetting that Obama promised fair free trade agreements and a bunch of other planned money spending free-for--all's?
As I stated, their is no need to spend millions of dollars the country doesn't have--but prints it
I have a question. Would all this be going on if the illegal aliens were not here? This is just another example of all the problems that the illegal aliens are causing. GET THEM OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!
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