Thread: AL: House Panel OK's Bill to Charge Illegals With Trespassin

Alabama House panel OKs bill to potentially charge illegal immigrants with trespassing

Published: Tuesday, March 08, 2011, 1:10 PM
Updated: Tuesday, March 08, 2011, 1:12 PM

By David White -- The Birmingham News


MONTGOMERY - A legislative committee today approved a bill under which an immigrant without valid federal immigration registration would be guilty of trespassing, a crime punishable by as much as a year in jail, simply for being in Alabama.

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee of the state House of Representatives passed the bill by voice vote. It could be debated by the full 104-member House as soon as Thursday, said the plan's sponsor, Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur.

''I feel it's going to be strong enough to accomplish our end result of deterring illegal immigrants,'' Hammon said of the proposed law.

The bill, which is modeled after a law passed in Arizona last year, would let a police officer determine someone's immigration status after stopping or arresting the person in connection with another state or local law, if ''reasonable suspicion exists that person is an unauthorized alien.''

The proposal, House Bill 56, also would make it a crime to knowingly transport an illegal immigrant, even to take someone to a doctor or grocery store.

The bill also would require that any illegal immigrant convicted of a violation of state or local law, upon release from jail or payment of a fine, be immediately transferred to the custody of federal immigration or border officials.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/03/ala ... l_t_3.html

Lucky the State of Utah has the welcome mat out for them.

Now will they trash the trail like they do when they run the border?

The proposal, House Bill 56, also would make it a crime to knowingly transport an illegal immigrant, even to take someone to a doctor or grocery store.

Bill 56 will definitely serve as a great deterrence for undocumented aliens.

Nice Bill!!