Thread: Hoy: Sad Christmas for undocum. immigrants {sob}

I have been keeping an eye on the Spanish language newspapers. They definitely have been letting their readers know about the new laws and enforcements. The news is getting out... This is a translation from Hoy.


Sad Christmas for undocumented immigrants

December 24, 2007
Maria Leon

Tucson (Arizona), December 24 (EFE) .- Undocumented immigrants of the United States in general and Arizona, in particular, are faced with a Christmas sad and disturbing to the tightening of laws against workers without papers.

The last measure has been rejected by a federal judge in Arizona to a petition claiming temporarily block a state law that penalized for businesses that hire undocumented immigrants from January 1.

The federal judge Neil Wake last Friday dismissed the arguments of a coalition of businessmen about the damage to the economy of the state of law HB2779 who prosecuted businesses that hire undocumented.

In its decision, Wake rejected such arguments when considering that they have not shown that law enforcement can cause immediate harm.

Several organizations defending the rights of immigrants and a coalition of business owners filed a request to the court to suspend for 45 days the implementation of state law HB2779.

The plaintiffs requested a postponement of the entry into force of the law to have time to present more evidence on the alleged unconstitutionality of the law.

According to the plaintiffs, the law establishes penalties on businesses that hire undocumented, but they really should be a responsibility that falls to the federal government alone.

Lawyers who represent such a coalition of business and pro-immigrant organizations announced that interpondrán an immediate appeal.

But because the holidays end of the year, time is very limited to ensure a favourable decision.

The new law will enter into force on January 1 has been described as the most severe against illegal immigration in the United States, because all companies in Arizona should verify the immigration status of their employees.

Those who are caught giving work to illegal immigrants intentionally may face suspension of his license for ten days until operations.

In the case of repeat business could permanently lose its permit to operate in Arizona.

The aliens in Arizona, are not only worried about the upcoming implementation of HB2779, but also by an increase in cooperation between police departments and the immigration service.

A growing number of cases of aliens who are arrested during a routine traffic arrest and were handed over to the "migration" by not having a driver's license or an identification Arizona valid. EFE

http://www.hoyinternet.com/reportajes/e ... g-heds-top

Go home and don't come to Texas.

Dixie

Nothing sad about enforcing a countrys laws is there?