I was reading La Raza tonight and came across the article below -this is a translated version. We need to make some calls and send faxes to give these bills some life. The timing is right.


We need you in there! I just read about these possible bills. Do they have a chance in heck?? I saw this article in La Raza no less.




Stop anti-Laws

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Agencia EFE

Chicago, IL

The state filed seven Senate bills labeled by anti-political organizations and defenders of undocumented immigrants in Illinois.


Senator Martin Sandoval, president of the Latino Caucus in the Legislature, said the proposals were not even heard in the full Senate.


"We have to stop proposals that seek only to harass a community worker, as are immigrants," Sandoval said, reporting that the Bills were referred to a subcommittee on Thursday.


According to the senator of Mexican origin, this cooperation reached by leaders of both chambers of the House Michael Madigan in John Cullerton of Representatives and the Senate.


The initiatives were submitted by the Republican Senators Carole Pankau, Chris Lauzen and Bill Brady, and the Harry Ramey representative.


"Everyone has a long history of anti fervor and they are not the first such proposals," said Sandoval.

The Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Illinois (ICIRR), said that the proposals, if adopted, would have had a devastating effect among the undocumented immigrant population.


Other measures proposed to cancel the access of undocumented state health insurance All Kids, the coverage of emergency health services and opportunities for youth to gain access to state universities, including private scholarships.


A subcontractor who want to do business at the local, state or federal, they require information on the legal status of their employees through mandatory application of the federal E-verify program.

Senator Pankau explained one of the controversial initiatives to control Medicaid spending due to the state budget deficit of 9.000 billion dollars.


. In a public statement said that most of the deficit has been caused by an unprecedented rise in Medicaid spending. Try to match the income of the state and federal budget dollars, "he said.


He stated that without the appropriate documentation in programs like All Kids, the federal government is not going to share costs, "leaving Illinois to pay one hundred percent of the cost of health care for undocumented members."

His amendment stated that to be eligible for the benefits of All Kids, "a person must be a U.S. citizen or be in one of the categories of non-citizens."


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