Thread: SURGE OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

Progress is being make and I believe it is because of the noise we have made. WE HAVE TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. KEEP AWAKE. KEEP ON THE WATCH. or they will try to sneak one pass us.


Surge in Immigration Laws Around
JULIA PRESTON
Published: August 6, 2007

State legislatures, grappling with the failure of the federal government to overhaul the immigration laws, considered 1,404 immigration measures this year and enacted 170 of them, an unprecedented surge in state-level lawmaking on the issue, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Spurred by rising resentment in the country over illegal immigration and by the collapse of a broad immigration bill in the Senate in June, state legislators nationwide adopted measures to curb employment of unauthorized immigrants and to make it more difficult for them to obtain state identification documents like driver’s licenses.
While the political tide ran generally against illegal immigrants, some states adopted measures to help them by protecting them from exploitation and by extending education and health care to their children. Fifteen states adopted laws intended to punish immigrant smugglers, especially if their victims were foreigners coerced into prostitution or other sexual commerce.
State lawmakers have introduced about two and half times more immigration bills this year than in 2006, and the number that have become law is more than double the 84 bills enacted last year, according to the conference, a nonpartisan organization that includes all the state legislatures. The report was scheduled to be released today.
“States will act in a vacuum,â€

But in Illinois, lawmakers barred the state from requiring employers to verify job applicants through the Basic Pilot system. The legislators called the system unreliable and error-prone.

This is the first I've heard of this. Did this slip by while the good folks of Illinois were asleep?

Originally Posted by MW

But in Illinois, lawmakers barred the state from requiring employers to verify job applicants through the Basic Pilot system. The legislators called the system unreliable and error-prone.

This is the first I've heard of this. Did this slip by while the good folks of Illinois were asleep?

More than likely Illinois dead thought it was important to pass. Just like they think it's important to vote in all elections.

This is evidence that we are being heard. WE, the sleeping giant has awaken. WE, are no longer in the shadows.