Thread: Kansas House committee begins hearings on immigration bills

Kansas House committee begins hearings on immigration bills
— The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — Legislators agree that Kansas employers shouldn’t hire illegal immigrants, but they disagree over how the state should punish violators, a House committee chairman said Monday.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee considered four bills dealing with illegal immigration. They dealt with hiring requirements, denying most public benefits to illegal immigrants, allowing local governments to ban them from renting houses and requiring local and state law enforcement officers to review the citizenship of people they stop for any violation.
Chairman Arlen Siegfreid said that in two weeks his committee will merge the four bills into one and send it to the House for debate. Dealing with illegal immigration is a priority for legislators this year as public pressure mounts for the state to do something because Congress has failed to act.
Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican, said committee members disagree about what should be done to those who hire illegal immigrants.
“We need to get everybody to agree on the penalties for hiring illegals. That is where the big question will be,â€

democrats dont like E-verify,border fence,raids and using local law enforcement because they work!

[quote]“Because illegal aliens know that the E-Verify system makes it impossible to obtain employment with a false Social Security number or with a counterfeit ID, many simply leave the state,â€