Thread: KS: Lawmaker tries, fails to add AZ immig provisions onto Ka

kansascity.com
Posted on Sat, May. 08, 2010
Lawmaker tries, fails to add Arizona immigration provisions onto Kansas budget bill
Jeannine Koranda
Wichitopekington

TOPEKA – At 1:30 a.m., Rep. Anthony Brown caused a buzz when when tried unsuccessfully to amend the House’s budget bill to include language from immigration law recently implemented in Arizona.

“This is modeled after immigration that passed out of the Arizona Legislature,â€

Immigration will not go in Kan. House budget
Associated Press - May 9, 2010 4:44 PM ET

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas lawmaker has failed to insert a proposal modeled after Arizona's new immigration law into the Kansas House budget bill.

Rep. Anthony Brown says the measure "denies benefits to those folks who can't prove their status."

The Wichita Eagle reported the amendment was read early Saturday.

Eventually, the rules committee decided the idea couldn't be added to an appropriations bill. The members decided the proposal was "more policy than appropriations."

Brown insists the issue will return and that the proposal does affect state budget issues.

One think the Eudora Republican noted was that the amendment would block noncitizens from receiving public benefits.

The Arizona law empowers police to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.

Information from: The Wichita Eagle, http://www.kansas.com

http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=12453297

They came because of economic expansion, they now have to GO!

i hope the people of Kansas put their foot down and insist this immigration bill be attached to some type of bill and passed this year. You go Kansas! GO! GO! GO!

Every state needs to be doing the same thing. Wake Up States. Take it back, and take it back now.

A Kansas newspaper poll shows that 70% of the local people agree with the Arizona law. Only 29% are against it.

Originally Posted by cube

A Kansas newspaper poll shows that 70% of the local people agree with the Arizona law. Only 29% are against it.

That's great, cube! That's how it's running ... 70% or more in almost all the polls.