FAIR UPDATE May 31, 2006


On Friday May 26, 2006, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) vetoed a bill that would have required all applicants for state benefits to show documented proof of citizenship or legal immigration status. Currently, the state only needs to ask an applicant if they are in the country legally. A yes answer does not need to be verified. Supporters of the bill said that many illegal aliens are coming to Wisconsin because it is so easy to get around current law.

'This to me shows how disconnected many people in political office can be from the average person. I have a hard time coming across an average voter who thinks that granting state-funded benefits to illegal aliens is a right thing for Wisconsin to be doing," said the bill's author Sen. Tom Reynolds (R-West Allis).