California legislator files Arizona-style immigration bill

Orange County Register
BY CINDY CARCAMO
January 31, 2011

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill similar to Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, according to news reports.

The measure by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, would make it a crime in California to be in the country illegally, according to FoxNews.com.

The freshman assemblyman, who calls himself a minuteman from San Bernardino County, had pledged to introduce a bill similar to Arizona's SB1070. However, some analysts have said that AB 26 is unlikely to go far in a heavily Democrat-controlled Assembly, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The bill would end "sanctuary cities" and require all employers to use E-Verify, a free, federal program that is Internet-based and allows employers to check the eligibility of employees to work in the United States, according to assemblyman's website:

http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/59/?p=arti ... &id=224932

The bill would also make it a misdemeanor to be in the country illegally and increase the penalty for those convicted of trafficking people into California for the purpose of sex slavery, according to news reports.

Read about a California initiative proposing an anti-illegal immigration law similar to Arizona's SB1070

Read more about Donnelly's bill on The San Francisco Chronicle:

http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-12-07/n ... n-overhaul

http://www.ocregister.com/news/bill-286 ... ornia.html