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02-02-2012, 12:24 AM #1
What's Next for Alabama's Immigration Law?
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Written by Tamika Bickham
Illegal immigration tops the priority list again for state lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session and you are guaranteed to see some changes to the law. It's been a topic of heated debate since last year's legislative session, spurring protest after protest.
"It's been a nightmare," said CBS 8 Political Analyst, Steve Flowers.
Which is why Flowers says immigration will be addressed again this legislative session.
"City mayors and government officials have told their law enforcement people, 'don't stop some guy arbitrarily and ask him his nationality, because you are probably stopping some NASA executive in Hunstville, or some executive of Mercedes, or some medical doctor doing medical research at UAB'."
Portions of the law have already been blocked or thrown out after being ruled unconstitutional.
State Senator Bryan Taylor admits that the law will be tweaked in some places to make sure it is 100 percent in line with federal law.
"We are not going to remove any provisions that have to do with penalties for hiring illegal immigrants or penalties for giving public benefits to illegal immigrants. Those are going to stay in the bill," said Taylor.
He adds there is no chance they will repeal the law.
State Representative Joe Hubbard says a change has to be made.
"I think the immigration law as it is written currently, has had some unintended consequences specifically for economic development and job creation here in the state," said Hubbard.
As parts of the illegal immigration law are repealed by the courts, state leaders are now back tracking to make it work. Is this a black eye for Alabama? Flowers says yes.
"It just resurrects the image Alabama has as a racist state from our past, but this problem is internal," said Flowers.
A study conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama claims that the immigration law will cost the state billions of dollars because of income lost by illegal immigrants who will have to leave the state.
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02-02-2012, 01:07 AM #2
Joe Hubbard is a Democrat he is quoted in the Left in Alabama Blog on immigration.
Rep. Joe Hubbard (D, HD73) has a better idea for
Alabama.
Fri Apr 01, 2011
If addressed as a practical problem, however, we can resolve
our immigration challenges with reasonable and responsible proposals that don't expand the reach of government. I've studied a number of other State's approaches to the immigration issue in an effort to find such a practical solution. After much study, I modeled a Substitute to HB56 after the immigration bill passed in Utah, which has received praise from commentators on all sides of the political spectrum. Utah's bill brought together the business and agriculture communities to create what has been called a "possible middle ground that has proven so elusive in a hyper-charged immigration discussion."
Utah's bill is currently being moved through the Texas Legislature as a solution to their immigration problem.
Under this Substitute to HB56, local law enforcement agencies would be given the tools necessary to identify, and transfer to federal custody, illegal immigrants, without subjecting them to the onerous costs imposed by the mandates of HB56. The Sub would require employers to use E-verify and pay penalties for hiring illegal immigrants. It would also require any immigrant employee to pay penalties to the State if he does not have
proper documentation. Certain immigrants would be able to apply for and pay for a work permit and would be required to pay taxes on their income.
I fully expect this approach to immigration, described as "reasonable" and "responsible" in Utah and Texas, to be deried as a liberal attempt to grant illegals amnesty. Of course, Utah is not known for being a liberal state, with the last Democratic governor elected in 1977, and the fact that the Texas Legislature is moving to adopt Utah's immigration approach
confirms that the proposal has conservative bona fides. We've seen over the past decade that politicians think that they can cause people to act or not act by expanding the reach of government. That principle is simply untrue. Someone will always find a way around the law. The markets, however, hold people accountable for their actions every time. So, with the immigration issue, our challenge is not to pass the strictest immigration laws in the country -- if people want to break
the law, they will find a way. Our challenge is to monetize the immigration issue, and let the markets decide it.
This Substitute does just that by disincentivizing the hiring of illegal immigrants, thereby incentivizing the hiring of Alabamians, all while empowering local law enforcement to fill the gaps left by the federal government's failure to address our immigration challenges. If my Republican colleagues truly believe what they say about responsible government and deference to the free markets, they put those
principles to work in an immigration bill.
Left in Alabama
Flowers served in the Legislature for 16 years ending in 1998 before he became the CBS 8 Political Analyst. At the time he served the Legislature was under Democratic control.
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02-02-2012, 07:44 AM #3
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Money is the double-edged sword the enemy of this country has used against the American Citizen. They have managed to outsource our national wealth, and insource Mexico.
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02-02-2012, 11:02 AM #4"City mayors and government officials have told their law enforcement people, 'don't stop some guy arbitrarily and ask him his nationality, because you are probably stopping some NASA executive in Hunstville, or some executive of Mercedes, or some medical doctor doing medical research at UAB'."
Both Tamika Bickham and Steve Flowers are trying to argue that it is ok for some people to break America's immigration laws if you have money.
You are above the law if you work for a big company or are a doctor!?!?! Hardly.
Most Americans want the Federal Government, Alabama, and all states to deport illegal aliens first that are working for NASA, Mercedes, or UAB because 1. If we have illegal aliens working for NASA we need them out fast and 2. Those are all definitely jobs Americans WILL DO!
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