Thread: Rift in GOP: Pro-business agenda runs headlong into state il

March 12, 2011

OKLAHOMA CITY — A quiet campaign by Oklahoma’s business community to head off tough new immigration legislation is causing an angry rift among Republicans in the Legislature, some of whom charge voters’ desire for more action to curb illegal workers is being sabotaged.

In political campaigns across Oklahoma last year, many Republican candidates vowed to target illegal immigrants, and came into office with plans to give the state the toughest anti-immigration policies in the nation.

But the push for a crackdown is running headlong into another Republican priority — creating a pro-business climate that would make Oklahoma more attractive to business and industry.

A sweeping immigration measure is pending in the Senate, but it has been stripped of most provisions that penalize businesses for hiring illegal workers — a key part of earlier proposals. A separate bill passed in the House last week includes few restrictions on businesses.

“The fix is in, and it’s been in for some time,â€

Originally Posted by loservillelabor

March 12, 2011

OKLAHOMA CITY — A quiet campaign by Oklahoma’s business community to head off tough new immigration legislation is causing an angry rift among Republicans in the Legislature, some of whom charge voters’ desire for more action to curb illegal workers is being sabotaged.

But the push for a crackdown is running headlong into another Republican priority — creating a pro-business climate that would make Oklahoma more attractive to business and industry.

We see this same argument in state after state. The solution is always the same: Universal E-Verify. Lamar Smith is trying to get that, but there's no support from Bamacrats.

In a rare moment of corporate candor, Alfred P. Sloane, who later became chairman of the board of General Motors, said, "The business of business is business." That becomes a serious problem when government doesn't do its job of providing rules and regulations for conducting business. We should of course encourage states to continue to do what they can, but IMO without support from Washington, D.C., it'll be very difficult to reserve American jobs for American workers.

Democrats got clobbered because they didn't do enough about the economy, as it affects ordinary people. We'll have to keep reminding them about that, because 'Bama continues to prefer his precious Undocumented Democrats.
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