Thread: Mississippi House votes down immigration bill

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Mississippi House votes down immigration bill

By Halimah Abdullah
The Commercial Appeal
January 30, 2007
After a lengthy, heated debate, the Mississippi House defeated a measure designed to curb illegal immigration.
The bill would have required employers to verify employees’ Social Security numbers and pay fines for hiring illegal immigrants. A parade of representatives offered a slew of amendments to the bill including a provision by Rep. John Mayo, D-Clarksdale, to exempt small farmers.

"In the Delta, when it comes time for a farmer to chop cotton he will go to a high school and hire the football team," Mayo said. "Although farms are often part of corporations, a lot of our farms are locally owned and they don’t have the resources to check every Social Security number."


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Other proposed amendments sought to create a Department of Labor and allow for a minimum wage increase to $7.25. Bogged down by the amendments, the bill failed to gain widespread support and was overwhelmingly rejected.

Damn I love Mississippi...send me down and I will check SS number for them for food and board

What was the final vote on this bill? Was it close?

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