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    Second S.C. County Ordinance Targets Illegal Immigrants

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    Second S.C. County Ordinance Targets Illegal Immigrants

    POSTED: 2:27 pm EST January 23, 2007

    SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- A second South Carolina county has passed an ordinance targeting the employment of illegal immigrants.

    Under the Dorchester County ordinance narrowly approved Monday, the county could revoke the license of any business employing illegal immigrants. Beaufort County last month passed a similar ordinance.

    The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund threatened to sue if the Beaufort didn't repeal the law which takes effect next year, saying it infringes on the federal government's responsibility.

    The group wants to review the Dorchester County ordinance before commenting, said spokesman John Garcia.

    The Dorchester County ordinance, effective in July, allows authorities to audit the papers that employers are required to get verifying a worker's immigration status. Councilman Richard Rosebrock said he did not expect any legal problems.

    "We're not prejudiced against the Mexicans," Rosebrock said. "We just want to make sure our country obeys the laws so we can have a country we can be proud of."

    The ordinance, which passed on a 4-3 vote, would cost Dorchester County an estimated $45,000, plus the cost of a vehicle, to enforce. The costs would be paid by increasing the county's business license fees.

    Diane Salazar, a Spanish-language translator, was against it.

    "I feel like these people are being discriminated against," she said. "All they want to do is work."

    Kenny Waggoner had mixed feelings but voted for approval.

    "To me, this is a double-edged sword," he said. "What are we going to do with ... people who may lose their job? A lot of them just want to do what they can for their family, just like me. This is one of the toughest decisions I'll ever have to make on this council."
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    SC and illegals

    State and local governments have a right to enforce federal laws and provide more specific laws. They cannot make a law that is against a federal law. Now that the federal government and politicans are not enforcing the law of the land, the states and local officials have to do something. We have congressional politicans and a president who are supporting people from other nations instead of the American people. It is time that we the people of the USA take control of our government.

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    Immigrant-law challenge possible
    Dorchester hiring ordinance set to take effect in July

    Sunday, January 28, 2007

    By DAVE MUNDAY

    Latino advocacy groups have warned Dorchester County officials that their plan to revoke the business license of anybody who hires illegal immigrants could end up in court.

    Now that County Council has passed the ordinance, opponents are considering whether to challenge it or wait to see what happens in Beaufort County, which is also facing the threat of a lawsuit over a similar ordinance.

    "Everywhere these ordinances have been passed, they have been subject to challenge, and the courts have routinely granted restraining orders," Isaiah Delemar, acting regional counsel for the Atlanta office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said by telephone Friday. "Unfortunately, who loses in this kind of case are the taxpayers."

    Delemar sent a letter to Dorchester County Council on Monday, the day council gave final approval to its Lawful Employment Ordinance.

    "Your proposal serves only to make a political statement and jeopardizes your economy and community," he said in the letter. "Only the federal government has the authority and ability to effectively resolve the complex (immigration) problem."

    The ordinance, which takes effect in July, requires people wanting a business license to sign an affidavit swearing they don't employ "unauthorized aliens." The county will hire an auditor to handle complaints and check papers employers are required to file verifying workers' citizenship.

    Circuit Judge Barbara Wallace recently declared a similar ordinance in Valley Park, Mo., void because it "usurps the exclusive federal authority to regulate immigration," Delemar said.

    Delemar has been working in Beaufort

    County with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund in Washington. The Washington group sent a letter to councilwoman Laura Von Harten saying county officials could face a lawsuit if they don't repeal the ordinance before it takes effect next January.

    "We believe the Act, which penalizes businesses for employing undocumented individuals, is unconstitutional on a number of bases and will ultimately be invalidated by the courts," defense fund general counsel Cesar Perales said in a Jan. 17 letter to the county.

    The letter lists immigrant ordinances in other municipalities that have been overturned and urges council to repeal the ordinance before a lawsuit is filed.

    Beaufort County administrator Gary Kubic said he's moving ahead with plans to hire auditors to enforce the ordinance.

    "I have no choice but to proceed, because it's a passed piece of legislation," Kubic said. "I don't respond to threats of litigation."

    The county's business-license ordinance already allows the county to inspect papers verifying immigration status, so the new ordinance simply strengthens existing policy, he said.

    Von Harten, the council member who got the letter from Washington, said she doesn't like the ordinance but doesn't expect council to repeal it.

    "I don't expect it to be on the agenda anytime soon," said Von Harten, who took office in January. "We don't have the votes to repeal it. I would prefer that they didn't pass the ordinance. We have to take what has been handed to us. I'd like to see us involve all interested members of the community and invite them to the table. I want to make sure we respect the dignity of all residents of this county."

    The national advocacy groups typically get involved at the request of local groups. Beaufort County's ordinance generated widespread opposition from the local Hispanic community, Latin American Council of South Carolina executive director Luis Bell said. By comparison, opposition to Dorchester County's attempt has been relatively small.

    Still, Diana Salazar of North Charleston, a Spanish-language translator of Mexican ancestry, is trying to generate a challenge in Dorchester County.

    "My phone has not stopped ringing," Salazar said. "(Immigrants) just want to work. We should leave this to the federal government."

    Reach Dave Munday at dmunday@postandcourier.com or 745-5862.
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    Just for the sake of keeping up with the news. Once agian, they threaten to sue.

    http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/312690300983368.php
    Immigrant hiring ordinance could face legal challenge
    Mon, Jan 29, 2007

    Associated Press

    CHARLESTON — Opponents of a Dorchester County ordinance that would allow the county to revoke business licenses for people who hire illegal immigrants say they might wait and see how a court challenge to a similar policy in another county proceeds before taking action.

    The Dorchester County ordinance, which passed on a 4-3 vote and becomes effective in July, allows authorities to audit the papers that employers are required to get verifying a worker's immigration status. But opponents say they want to see what happens in Beaufort County, where a similar ordinance passed last month, before taking action.

    "Everywhere these ordinances have been passed, they have been subject to challenge, and the courts have routinely granted restraining orders," said Isaiah Delemar, acting regional counsel for the Atlanta office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "Unfortunately, who loses in this kind of case are the taxpayers."

    In Valley Park, Mo., Circuit Judge Barbara Wallace recently declared a similar ordinance void because it "usurps the exclusive federal authority to regulate immigration," Delemar said.

    Delemar wrote in a letter to the Dorchester County Council that the proposal "serves only to make a political statement and jeopardizes your economy and community. ... Only the federal government has the authority and ability to effectively resolve the complex (immigration) problem."

    In Beaufort County, Delemar has been working with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, which has written council members on the ordinance, set to take effect there next January.

    "We believe the Act ... is unconstitutional on a number of bases and will ultimately be invalidated by the courts," general counsel Cesar Perales said in a Jan. 17 letter to the county.

    Beaufort County administrator Gary Kubic said he's moving ahead with plans to hire auditors to enforce the ordinance.

    "I have no choice but to proceed, because it's a passed piece of legislation," Kubic said. "I don't respond to threats of litigation."

    The county's business-license ordinance already allows the county to inspect papers verifying immigration status, so the new ordinance simply strengthens existing policy, he said.

    Opponents of the Dorchester County ordinance are trying to gather support.

    "My phone has not stopped ringing," said Diana Salazar, of North Charleston, a Spanish-language translator of Mexican ancestry. "(Immigrants) just want to work. We should leave this to the federal government."

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    "(Immigrants) just want to work. We should leave this to the federal government."
    That's the problem, the federal government isn't doing anything so many states, counties and towns are trying to do what the feds won't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jean
    [quote:327ev2ry]"(Immigrants) just want to work. We should leave this to the federal government."
    That's the problem, the federal government isn't doing anything so many states, counties and towns are trying to do what the feds won't.
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    If our government were paying any attention at all, they would see what the majority of people in this country want just by listening to the states and the laws they are trying to pass, they certainly are not in favor of illegal immigration.

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