Thread: PENNSYLVANIA (2011)

HOUSE BILL 801

INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, METCALFE, BOBACK, CLYMER, D. COSTA, DAY, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, METZGAR, MILLER, MUSTIO, PYLE, ROAE, SACCONE, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, FARRY AND GEIST, FEBRUARY 23, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 23, 2011

AN ACT
Relating to support for law enforcement authorities when detaining persons who have a questionable immigration status.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 01&pn=0820

STATUS:
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 23, 2011

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0801

SENATE BILL 442

INTRODUCED BY LEACH AND KITCHEN, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for official oppression.

Information sharing.--This section shall not prevent a law enforcement officer from exchanging with the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services or the United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection any relevant immigration information the officer obtained collateral to an arrest or investigation that was not conducted in violation of subsection (b) of any criminal offense if the information sharing is authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 42&pn=0427

STATUS:
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0442

HOUSE BILL 809

Prime Sponsor: Representative PERRY

Short Title: An Act requiring verification of the lawful presence in the United States of any natural person 18 years of age or older who has applied for public benefits.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 09&pn=0834

STATUS:
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 24, 2011 [House]

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0809

HOUSE BILL 799

INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, METCALFE, BAKER, BOBACK, BOYD, CLYMER, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, LONGIETTI, METZGAR, MILLER, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PERRY, PETRI, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, GIBBONS, FARRY AND COX, FEBRUARY 23, 2011


AN ACT

Providing for a memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice or Department of Homeland Security.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Security and

Immigration Compliance Act.

Section 2. Law enforcement.
(a) Memorandum of understanding.--The Pennsylvania State Police is authorized and directed to negotiate the terms of a memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice or Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of Federal immigration and customs laws, detention and removals and investigations in this Commonwealth.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 99&pn=0819

STATUS:
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 23, 2011

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0799

HOUSE BILL 810

INTRODUCED BY PERRY, METCALFE, AUMENT, CLYMER, COX, CUTLER, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, KRIEGER, METZGAR, MOUL, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

AN ACT

Providing for financial penalties to be imposed on certain municipalities and for the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Sanctuary Municipalities Financial Penalty Act

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 10&pn=0835

STATUS:
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0810

SENATE BILL 637

Prime Sponsor: Senator WARD

Short Title: An Act amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in contracts for public works, providing for verification of the employment eligibility of all employees for purposes of wage reporting and employment eligibility; prescribing penalties; and establishing good faith immunity under certain circumstances.

"EVP." The E-Verify Program operated by the Department of Homeland Security that electronically verifies employment eligibility for employees. "INA." The Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq.).

General rule.--As a precondition of being awarded a contract for a public work, and prior to the execution of the contract, a public works contractor shall provide the Commonwealth agency with which the contract will be made a verification statement in which it shall represent the following:

(1) The public works contractor has verified the employment eligibility of all of its then-existing employees for wage reporting purposes through NVS in accordance with Federal law governing the use of NVS.

(2) The public works contractor will verify the employment eligibility of a new employee for employment purposes prior to the commencement of work by the new employee through EVP in accordance with Federal law governing the use of EVP.
(3) The public works contractor will provide the Commonwealth agency with the verification statement required under subsection (b) from each subcontractor it uses or intends to use on the public works project prior to the commencement of any work by the subcontractor on the public works project.
(4) The public works contractor will provide a certification from the department verifying that the contractor has not previously violated this subchapter.
(b) Subcontractor verification statements.--Prior to the execution of a subcontract with a public works contractor, a subcontractor shall provide the public works contractor with a verification statement containing substantially the same information about the subcontractor as required under subsection

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 37&pn=0645

STATUS:
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Feb. 24, 2011 [Senate]

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0637

It seems all who posted for Pennsylvania are from Texas here

The locals are inactive as the state is full of counties with 95% to 99% White population. They forget about Hazleton, PA and the same can happen to them any day of the week.

We need to design a strategy where a few or even a single individual can rock the boat under the butt of a state rep when he is running around offering free breakfast to his voters… A single individual can force a state rep to take a stand – or not to take one. They should be confronted and tested one by one…

Here you can locate your state senator/representative, look up his website, go to his meetings and ask him where he stands on the issue PUBLICLY! (Before it is too late) http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/leg ... IST=Butler

We have a man in PA who is willing to work on this seriously:

Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe
(R-Butler County)

E-mail: dmetcalf@pahousegop.com

District Offices
Cranberry Township Municipal Building
2525 Rochester Road
Suite 201
Cranberry Township, PA, 16066
Phone: (724) 772-3110
Fax: (724) 772-2922
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 4:30pm

Middlesex Township
1165 Pittsburgh Road
Route 8
Valencia, PA 16059
Phone: 724-898-1500
Fax: 724-898-1606
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9am to 4:30pm
Thursday 10am to 4:30pm

Capitol Office
43 East Wing
PO Box 202012
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2012
Telephone: (717) 783-1707
Fax: (717) 787-4771

http://www.statelegislatorsforlegalimmi ... ssage.aspx

Contact page: http://www.repmetcalfe.com/Contact.aspx

A Message from the Founder
State Legislators for Legal Immigration

A Special Message from State Legislators for Legal Immigration Founder
Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe
(R-Butler County)

Dear Friends:

Each and every self-evident truth contained in the Declaration of Independence was designed to abolish all foreign government power from the borders of the American colonies.

Similar to the American Revolution, the personal and economic safety of Pennsylvanians and all American citizens depends upon definitive action being taken by our federal, state and local governments to end the ongoing invasion of illegal aliens through our borders.
State Legislators for Legal Immigration represents a 21st Century Declaration of Independence to protect Pennsylvanians and United States citizens from property theft, drug running, human trafficking, increased violent crime, increased gang activity, terrorism and the many other clear and present dangers directly associated with illegal immigration.

Since Washington DC remains AWOL on fulfilling its Constitutional responsibilities to secure our nation's borders against foreign invaders, it is not only incumbent, but the obligation of state lawmakers in Pennsylvania and across the nation to step up and do the job that our federal government refuses to do.

State Legislators for Legal Immigration has been formed to serve as a unifying force to bring all levels of government together to terminate America’s illegal alien invasion from the Keystone State of Pennsylvania; to every city, community, small town, main street, front porch and back yard; across our fruited plains; and from sea to shining sea. Once the economic attractions of illegal jobs and taxpayer-funded public benefits are severed at the source, these illegal invaders will have no choice but to go home on their own.

http://repmetcalfe.com/Display/SiteFile ... k-9-08.pdf
http://www.repmetcalfe.com/

http://repmetcalfe.com/Display/SiteFile ... k-9-08.pdf

http://www.statelegislatorsforlegalimmi ... /news.aspx

The National Security Begins at Home legislation includes a bill (HB 73 modeled after Arizona legislation allowing local law enforcement officers to apprehend and deport illegal aliens. An identical bill (HB 2479) died in the House Appropriations Committee last session.

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry Township in Butler County, introduced HB 738 and HB 858, requiring Pennsylvania businesses to use the e-verify system to check on a person's immigration status. Metcalfe is founder of the national organization State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

Metcalfe claims that the 14 bills could save Pennsylvania taxpayers $1.4 billion annually -- including $74 million coping with illegal aliens' drain on the state's criminal justice system and $500 million in education and health care for child citizens born in America to illegal alien parents.

14 bills addressing illegal immigration in Pennsylvania.
HB 856 would make a serious difference.
Pa. bill targets human smuggling

“bill (HB 856) in the package that would prohibit the smuggling of human beings in Pennsylvania.â€

House Bill 858

Prime Sponsor: Representative METCALFE

Short Title: An Act prohibiting employment of illegal aliens; requiring participation in the E-verify Program as a condition for Commonwealth contracts or grants; prohibiting business tax deductions for certain compensation; requiring suspension of licenses, registrations and certificates of incorporation under certain circumstances; and authorizing a private cause of action.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 58&pn=0896

STATUS:
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 1, 2011 [House]

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&BN=0858

HOUSE BILL 865

INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, METCALFE, BAKER, BARRAR, CLYMER, COX, CUTLER, GABLER, GEIST, GILLEN, GROVE, HEFFLEY, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KRIEGER, METZGAR, MILLER, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, READSHAW, ROCK AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 1, 2011

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in matters affecting government units, providing for exceptions to governmental immunity related to unauthorized aliens.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 8543. Exceptions to governmental immunity related to unauthorized aliens.
(a) Liability imposed.--A sanctuary municipality shall be liable for damages on account of an injury to a person or property as a result of criminal activity by an unauthorized alien if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The unauthorized alien has been a resident of the sanctuary municipality for at least six months.
(2) The unauthorized alien is convicted of a crime.
(3) The criminal activity is a proximate cause of the injury.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg ... 65&pn=0903

STATUS:
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 1, 2011

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bil ... =B&bn=0865