Thread: California legislator files Arizona-style immigration bill

California legislator files Arizona-style immigration bill

Orange County Register
BY CINDY CARCAMO
January 31, 2011

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill similar to Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, according to news reports.

The measure by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, would make it a crime in California to be in the country illegally, according to FoxNews.com.

The freshman assemblyman, who calls himself a minuteman from San Bernardino County, had pledged to introduce a bill similar to Arizona's SB1070. However, some analysts have said that AB 26 is unlikely to go far in a heavily Democrat-controlled Assembly, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The bill would end "sanctuary cities" and require all employers to use E-Verify, a free, federal program that is Internet-based and allows employers to check the eligibility of employees to work in the United States, according to assemblyman's website:

http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/59/?p=arti ... &id=224932

The bill would also make it a misdemeanor to be in the country illegally and increase the penalty for those convicted of trafficking people into California for the purpose of sex slavery, according to news reports.

Read about a California initiative proposing an anti-illegal immigration law similar to Arizona's SB1070

Read more about Donnelly's bill on The San Francisco Chronicle:

http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-12-07/n ... n-overhaul

http://www.ocregister.com/news/bill-286 ... ornia.html

some analysts have said that AB 26 is unlikely to go far in a heavily Democrat-controlled Assembly

Well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again...! At least there are a few legislators in CA who are not flat-lined on EEGs ...

the SF Story from link above

Tim Donnelly files Arizona-style immigration bill
December 07, 2010|By Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sacramento - — The new state Legislature had barely been sworn in Monday when the pomp and circumstance of the day gave way to reality: A freshman assemblyman introduced a measure that calls for bringing Arizona's immigration law to the Golden State.

The measure by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a conservative Republican from Twin Peaks (San Bernardino County), would make it a crime under California law to be in the state without proper documentation. Local police would be required to check the papers of anyone they detain if they have reason to believe the person is in the country illegally, Donnelly said.

With Democrats controlling both houses of the state Legislature, it is unlikely that Donnelly's bill will even make it to the Assembly floor for a vote. But the measure is sure to cause headaches for GOP leaders, who want to focus on issues that hold broad appeal after a disappointing November election in which voters rejected all of the party's statewide candidates.

Staying focused is particularly important for GOP legislative leaders because of a ballot measure approved last month that could further sideline the party in Sacramento. Prop. 25 changed state law to require a simple majority of lawmakers to pass the budget, instead of the previously required two-thirds.

Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare, said she has not seen Donnelly's bill and cannot comment on it but "understands Mr. Donnelly is representing his constituency."

Members such as Donnelly, who founded the largest Minuteman chapter in California and won his district with more than 57 percent of the vote, should move forward with caution, said former GOP consultant Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book, which analyzes state races. Quinn noted that by the 2012 election, an independent commission will have redrawn the state's legislative districts and that last month, more than one-fifth of the people who cast votes were Latino.

"Those lily-white gerrymandered districts that Republicans enjoy today - and Mr. Donnelly is one of them - will disappear," he said. "He and a great many other Republicans are going to find a growing number of middle class Latinos in their districts, and those people are citizens and they are going to vote."

The problem, Quinn said, is that Arizona's law is viewed among Latinos as a racial-profiling measure, not an immigration overhaul.

"People view it like Prop. 13," which limits property tax increases in California, he said.

"If you are against Prop. 13, you are a tax-and-spend liberal - it doesn't matter what arguments you make," he said. "If you are for the Arizona law, you want to racially profile Latino citizens - that's how they view it. It's very black and white."

Donnelly said the measure is about standing up against the federal government's "unfunded mandate" - he said illegal immigration costs the state $11 billion a year.

"My wife comes from an immigrant family who came here the right way - I have no interest in people being racially profiled," he said. "At the same time, I think a huge majority of Californians would like some return to sanity. ... It should pass. It will have the overwhelming support of the people."

Donnelly was one of 28 new Assembly members and 10 new senators sworn in Monday, the first day of the 2011-12 legislative session.

ASSEMBLY BILL 26
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bil ... duced.html

Originally Posted by forest

some analysts have said that AB 26 is unlikely to go far in a heavily Democrat-controlled Assembly

Well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again...! At least there are a few legislators in CA who are not flat-lined on EEGs ...

NUMBERS USA Immigration Report Cards for California

A+ (4% of peer group) Bilbray, Brian (Rep. - 50th) R - CA 96%
Lungren, Dan (Rep. - 03rd) R - CA 96%

A (9% of peer group) Miller, Gary (Rep. - 42nd) R - CA 93%
Rohrabacher, Dana (Rep. - 46th) R - CA 93%
Calvert, Ken (Rep. - 44th) R - CA 92%
Herger, Wally (Rep. - 02nd) R - CA 90%
Hunter, Duncan D. (Rep. - 52nd) R - CA 90%

A- (11% of peer group) Gallegly, Elton (Rep. - 24th) R - CA 89%
McKeon, Howard (Rep. - 25th) R - CA 88%
Royce, Ed (Rep. - 40th) R - CA 88%
Campbell, John (Rep. - 48th) R - CA 87%
Issa, Darrell (Rep. - 49th) R - CA 87%
McClintock, Tom (Rep. - 04th) R - CA 87%

B (5% of peer group) Dreier, David (Rep. - 26th) R - CA 80%
Lewis, Jerry (Rep. - 41st) R - CA 80%
Bono Mack, Mary (Rep. - 45th) R - CA 73%

B- (2% of peer group) McCarthy, Kevin (Rep. - 22nd) R - CA 68%

numbersusa.com

The bill would end "sanctuary cities" and require all employers to use E-Verify, a free, federal program that is Internet-based and allows employers to check the eligibility of employees to work in the United States, according to assemblyman's website:

What's depressing is that a bill has to actually be introduced and passed that would mandate the use of a system that checks the eligibility of a worker (and thus preserves jobs for Americans) and outlaws cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities regarding immigration. Shouldn't that be happening already?

That's how far this country has sunk in respect to illegal invaders and it's unwillingness to deal with the crisis.