Thread: Utah Senator Gearing Up for Immigration Fight in '08

Utah Senator Gearing Up for Immigration Fight in '08

Last Edited: Sunday, 18 Nov 2007, 7:05 PM MST
Created: Sunday, 18 Nov 2007, 7:05 PM MST

SALT LAKE CITY -- By BROCK VERGAKIS
Associated Press Writer
myfoxutah




A state senator is pledging to pursue illegal immigrants with new legislation that would cut off public benefits, deny in-state college tuition rates and give police more freedom to work with federal authorities.

Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, said he also wants Utah to copy an Oklahoma law that prohibits transporting illegal immigrants.

Utah is the only state that issues a driving card to illegal immigrants, which allows them to buy insurance and travel freely throughout the state. It cannot be used to buy guns or board an airplane.

Hispanic advocates say Hickman's proposal will push illegal immigrants underground and render Utah's driving card, used by 34,000 people, useless.

"Does this mean I have to start asking my own friends their legal status in case I get pulled?" said Tony Yapias, former director of the State Office of Hispanic Affairs.

"All the sudden I'm facing charges because I failed to ask a friend his legal status. I think this is going beyond the issue of immigration. This is going straight into pure and simple racism," he said.

Utah's driving card was intended to end voter fraud among illegal immigrants who were receiving regular licenses. The law was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo.

Bramble said the cards have worked as intended and are not an incentive for illegal immigrants to flock to Utah.

"The driver license has become a de facto document showing validation in our community. Those have all been eliminated," he said.

"Utah is not giving them anything that they're not already taking. ... It provides a mechanism to give them driving records and insurance," Bramble said of the driving card. "It doesn't prohibit police from enforcing immigration laws."

A 2006 audit showed that 75 percent of people with driver cards had insurance after they were first issued in 2005. That's compared to about 85 percent of Utah drivers who had a regular driver's license.

While Hickman's bill isn't in final form, Bramble said he's seen the highlights and is generally supportive.

Children of illegal immigrants wouldn't get the in-state rate on college tuition. Police, under Hickman's plan, could work with the Department of Homeland Security in identifying illegal immigrants who have been arrested.

Bramble is one of Utah's loudest voices when it comes criticizing federal immigration policy -- a "dismal, abject failure."

Bramble said he doesn't want to repeal the driver card but would be willing if the House goes along.

Hickman said he wants to end large-scale trafficking of illegal immigrants in Utah. But he acknowledged that anyone driving a vehicle with an illegal immigrant would be in hot water, if Utah approves a policy like Oklahoma's.

Trips to the grocery store, doctor's office or school would be illegal if an illegal immigrant were present.

"It would please me mightily," said Eli Cawley, chairman of the Utah Minuteman Project, which wants a crackdown on illegal immigration. "But those kind of things rely on the enforcement and identification of illegal aliens. To date, because Utah is a sanctuary state, police never ask someone if they're an illegal alien unless they committed an infraction of the law."

Yapias, too, is frustrated with federal immigration policy but doesn't see Hickman's bill as the solution.

"I will work with him. Let's have a real debate at the national level. That's where the pressure would need to be," he said. "Enough going after these defenseless people who have nothing to do with this issue."

But for Hickman, there's little room for debate over illegal immigration.

"We are creating two distinct segments of our society: Those of us who are citizens who live here and respect the law, and those

Sen. Bill Hickman, we the people of Utah, Sanctuary state, are drowning in illegal aliens.. we NEED your help..!!

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For those who haven’t seen this, check out this VERY informative and enlightening 13 minute video from NumbersUSA.com, SOLELY about LEGAL immigration! It's a *MUST SEE* for ALL! [OVER 2.6 MILLION hits, so far.. in google.. ] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... susa&hl=en

What he DIDN’T talk about, and something VERY important to *Remember*.. is that illegal MIGRATION is 3-4 times this toll!

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Yes.. LA is in trouble!

Here's a bit I've heard off Kevin James and Terry Anderson's radio shows, [see the radio links below..]

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NO Democrat presidential candidate can save this nation, despite so-called ‘Republican’ Bush giving the party a stink! [ BOTH parties contribute to La Raza (THE Race), Mecha, LULAC, etc etc etc.. ]. So if you want to contribute, do so to the candidate, NOT the party!

See.. about 70% of Republicans are AGAINST illegal migration ETC, whereas approximately the same percentage of Democrats are FOR that chaos! In the last election, a lot of people THOUGHT that by voting 'democrat', they'd stop this mayhem, but voting all ‘one’ party?!

..And watch out for Giuliani (whose law firm is the sole representative of Cintra, the Spanish firm with a 50-year contract on the NAFTA Superhighway in Texas), Fred Thompson (CFR member), Sen. John Cornyn (who introduced a meld-with-Mexico bill until World Net Daily confronted him; it was withdrawn . . .), Sen. Chris Dodd (who inserted a last-minute provision in the failed immigration bill that a border fence must have Mexico's approval), and, of course, Bill Richardson.
And Romney? ..better than ANY democrat, but he wants to INCREASE legal immigration! What?! with half to 2/3 of the 1.2 MILLION visas ANNUALLY exploited by the greedy business lobby just so a business can say they’ve hired a ‘legal’ alien, NOT to mention paying them MUCH less thus DEPRESSING our wages even further?!
So if you believe that ALL 'legal' foreign workers are here because they do the jobs that 'Americans won't or can't do' ..go watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU&NR=1 "Our goal is clearly NOT to find a qualified and interested US worker" [Larry Lebowitz, VP Marketing and Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby 5-15-07] ..

And McCain?Forget McCain!!



Oh.. Did I forget to mention to visit:

www.NumbersUSA.com a MUST!

*LOOK at your congressional persons scorecard. How did he/she vote? Are they working FOR or AGAINST this Nation? ..or just plain ignorant?! www.BetterImmigration.org

*..and SEE the Pres candidates scorecards: www.BetterImmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez2008.html a MUST!! Uhh.. We’re talking about our Country’s SOVEREIGNTY here!!!

*DON'T forget the most important page.. PAGE TWO! www.BetterImmigration.com/candidates/20 ... _gop2.html

..then tell ALL your friends and family about the above links, to tell ALL of THEIR friends and family, etc etc etc..

We CAN stop this CHAOS!!

..so just DO it!

Nice day all!
R

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PS:
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Be sure to call and write these guys and give them your stories and info, they depend on you too..!

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DON’T call illegal aliens what the liberal left OBL [open borders lobby] WANT you to call them at best: illegal immigrants.

There's NO such thing as an illegal immigrant!

The ACCURATE term is an ILLEGAL: [size=150][i][b]“ALIEN, MIGRANT or FOREIGN NATIONAL.â€