Thread: Bienvenido al Missouri. Now Please Leave

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Contributed by Daren Briscoe - Posted: September 29, 2006 6:24:08 PM

Congress heads home for a break this weekend having dodged, at least for now, the question of what to do about illegal immigration. But if members think they've done themselves an election year favor by avoiding the issue, some may be in for an October surprise of sorts. Just because they let it slide doesn't mean passions over the problem have dimmed. Instead, a number of local governments, tired of waiting for the feds to act, have decided to take on illegal immigrants themselves.

Take Valley Park, Mo., which passed an ordinance requiring city businesses to sign affidavits swearing that they don't knowingly hire illegal aliens and prohibiting illegal aliens from renting or leasing property. The town got the idea from a similar law passed in Hazelton, Pa., which spread around the Internet on anti-immigration Web sites and became a template for towns and cities across the country. Shaheena Simons, a lawyer at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, says at least 50 other cities--in states including California, Alabama, Oklahoma, New York and New Jersey--have either passed similar laws or have them in the works.

Right about now is when you start thinking, how long will it take pro-immigration groups to file a lawsuit? They already have. National immigration advocates like MALDEF and the National Council of La Raza, are quietly helping locals challenge anti-immigration laws in nearly a dozen cities. The ACLU helped shut down the Hazelton law, and this week a court issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of the Valley Park ordinance. The judge will decide on Nov. 1 whether to make the injunction permanent, but the city has already decided not to wait that long; the day after the restraining order was issued, Valley Park officials called a special meeting and passed another ordinance that they think will get around the court's ban. The new measure is now the law--until a judge says otherwise.

The judge will decide on Nov. 1 whether to make the injunction permanent, but the city has already decided not to wait that long; the day after the restraining order was issued, Valley Park officials called a special meeting and passed another ordinance that they think will get around the court's ban. The new measure is now the law--until a judge says otherwise.

Slowly, we're fighting back, one town at a time! The steam is building and people are getting courage to finally stand up for their rights.
It's a good day!!

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I love the fact that local governments are stepping up and demanding something be done about illegal immigration. The power of our Republic is in the city, county and state. More Americans need to realize this is the what the Founding Fathers wanted.

D.W.

Here in the Dallas area, we're watching the Farmers Branch law and subsequent challenges to see how airtight the verbiage of the law is against legal challenge. I have gained a good deal of support here in my suburb to press our city council to follow suit a soon as we are sure that such an ordinance can survive legal challenges. I hate to have to wait, but our city has lost a number of lawsuits over the years costing taxpayers a small fortune, so our councilmen are somewhat gun-shy.

That is why I think each of us should watch our local tv news and read our local newspapers on a daily basis. When you see a crime committed by an illegal, send your Mayor, Congressmen, Governor, Sheriff's Office and City Councilmen a copy of the story via e mail. Tell them you want something done to protect you and your family from this invasion of criminals who should not be in this country in the first place. If they can't do the job, tell them to move over and let someone else take their place.

Originally Posted by Dianne

That is why I think each of us should watch our local tv news and read our local newspapers on a daily basis. When you see a crime committed by an illegal, send your Mayor, Congressmen, Governor, Sheriff's Office and City Councilmen a copy of the story via e mail. Tell them you want something done to protect you and your family from this invasion of criminals who should not be in this country in the first place. If they can't do the job, tell them to move over and let someone else take their place.

We're trying to do that through Crime Watch. We often are able to get details about the immigration status of arrested criminals directly from the police officers even when they are not provided to the public at large.

Originally Posted by CrocketsGhost

Here in the Dallas area, we're watching the Farmers Branch law and subsequent challenges to see how airtight the verbiage of the law is against legal challenge. I have gained a good deal of support here in my suburb to press our city council to follow suit a soon as we are sure that such an ordinance can survive legal challenges. I hate to have to wait, but our city has lost a number of lawsuits over the years costing taxpayers a small fortune, so our councilmen are somewhat gun-shy.

I believe it would be beneficial and very effective to have the ACLU declared "enemy combatants" thereby stopping their financial GRANTS. It would cut down on a high percentage of law suits saving millions of dollars by the towns & cities.