Thread: Italy to punish illegal immigrants

Italy to punish illegal immigrants
Published: June 21, 2008 at 5:05

illegally entering Italy should be found guilty of a felony offense and sentenced to prison time, a newly proposed law says.

The legislation before Italian lawmakers would make it a felony to illegally enter Italy, which would represent one of the harshest immigration penalties in all of Europe, The International Herald Tribune reported Saturday.

The legislation being considered by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government could potentially pose a different problem for the country's senior citizens, who rely on immigrants for care.

University of Milan Professor Maurizio Ambrosini said Italian families benefit by having immigrants take care of their elderly.

"Families are both perpetrators and victims" of illegal immigration, the professor of the sociology of immigration said. "They want tough laws on illegal immigration, but they are the reason that many immigrants come to Italy illegally."

The Tribune said due to this potential conflict, Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi has suggested those foreign domestic workers who have already applied for citizenship be granted exemptions under the proposed law.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/21/ ... 214082336/

UH Oh look out Latin America will be all over this one by next week, they will probably threaten to cut their oil off

Good for Italy! It SHOULD be a felony to enter a country illegally.

So where is the Pope's outrage for the inhumane treatment of Illegal Immigrants in Italy ?

Originally Posted by USPatriot

So where is the Pope's outrage for the inhumane treatment of Illegal Immigrants in Italy ?

Pope and other high clerics almost killed this proposed law, which still faces an uncertain future as Berlusconi is already wavering. Don't worry about that, USPatriot, they are working pretty hard against people of Italy as they are doing it in the US.

"Pope urges compassion for immigrants at Brindisi"
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL15140036.html

Not only is the EU's Euro killing the US dollar, they are also taking huge steps in protecting their own borders and dealing with illegal immigration.