Thread: MS:Barbour signs bill requiring checks on immigrants' status

Posted on Mon, Mar. 17, 2008
Barbour signs bill requiring checks on immigrants' status
The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. --Gov. Haley Barbour has signed into law a bill that will require employers to check immigrants' status.

But Barbour, a Republican, said he has "serious concerns about specific provisions of the bill that could have unintended negative consequences."

Barbour signed the bill Monday, and it becomes law Jan. 1.

It will require employers to use the U.S. Homeland Security electronic verification system to check whether new hires are legal residents. Employers who hire illegal immigrants are subject to losing their business license for a year and any state contract work for up to three years.

Any illegal immigrant found working in the state could face a one-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $10,000.

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/435778.html

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Governor's press release here:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-108340.html

Great News!!!!!

I feared that the Gov. was going to veto it!

Another victory for ALIPAC!!!

Yes!!! I'm glad that we all got on him and called his office! It must have helped!

WONDERFUL!!!

> NEW "ACTION ALERTS"<> 3/17<
MISSISSIPPI: WE HAVE ONE DAY TO GET GOVERNOR TO SIGN ENFORCEMENT BILL.....
( PLEASE HELP OUT) ITS FAST, EASY AND SOOO IMPORTANT!!
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... c&p=647186
WE STILL NEED SIGNATURES ON PETITION TO GET
THE "SAVE ACT" ENFORCEMENT BILL TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE!!!
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-108041.html
" ALIPAC FUND RAISER LAUNCHED" !
"PLEASE HELP US REACH OUR GOAL" !!
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-105713.html

Populist, thanks for the update.

Good news that Gov. Barbour came through !

Originally Posted by alexcastro

Yes!!! I'm glad that we all got on him and called his office! It must have helped!

YEAH!!! Boy, that feels good.

I told them, "You better not ask for Federal Funding to bail yourself out like California does, after I send all the illegal immigrants to your state and all your hospitals and schools go belly-up.

I even cracked myself up! I had a teacher once that said that only fools laugh at their own jokes. I think she was wrong!

if every gov does the same, the repatriation of south america will happen fast! great news!

Could use some good news for a change.

That's great news!!! Thanks for the update.

MSM Bias Alert: Note how the reporter phrases the first sentence and frames the debate. So typical of the Associated Press.
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Article published Mar 17, 2008
Miss. governor signs bill requiring checks on immigrants’ status
The Associated Press

JACKSON – Mississippi’s Republican governor campaigned last year on minimizing government regulation of business, but he signed bill Monday that he said will require employers to use an unproven federal system to check immigrants’ status.

Haley Barbour said he has “serious concerns about specific provisions of the bill that could have unintended negative consequences.â€