Arizona - Clamps down on illegals!

Arizona clamps down on illegals
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Posted on 07/03/2007 6:32:49 AM PDT by traumer

The governor of the US state of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, has signed into law legislation designed to deter illegal immigrant workers.

The law requires businesses to verify that all their employees are legally entitled to work in the US, or face the prospect of being closed down.

The tougher penalties were introduced days after President Bush's immigration reform bill failed in the Senate.

Arizona is one of the main gateways for illegal migration into the US.

Federal failure

Under the new legislation, an employer's first offence would be punished by a temporary licence suspension.

Congress finds itself incapable of coping with the comprehensive immigration reforms our country needs Janet Napolitano Governor of Arizona

Q&A: US immigration debate US illegal immigrants: Facts A second offence would be punished by what the governor's office called the "business death penalty" - the permanent revocation of a licence to do business in Arizona.

Ms Napolitano said she had acted because she believed Congress in Washington was incapable of tackling immigration reform on a nationwide level.

"Immigration is a federal responsibility, but it is now abundantly clear that Congress finds itself incapable of coping with the comprehensive immigration reforms our country needs", the governor said in a statement.

Arizona has one of the highest illegal immigrant populations in the country.

President Bush's attempt to overhaul US immigration policy collapsed last week when senators voted against a bill.

The proposed legislation set out ways for some of the around 12 million illegal immigrants to seek citizenship.

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Graceila - I saw that too.  Interesting.  Wonder how Kyl and McCain feel about that one.  They both supported amnesty!

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It's working's --

AGIA PRIETA, Mexico —  For the first time, Mexican officials in Arizona admit there is hard evidence illegal immigrants are preparing to leave the state because a new employer sanctions law is making it difficult, if not impossible, for them to keep a job.

Illegal immigrants are flooding the Mexican consulate in Phoenix for documents that will allow them to return to Mexico to enroll their children in school, the consul to Arizona, Carlos Flores Vizcarra, told FOX News. They are also requesting a document called "menaje de casa," which allows illegal immigrant families living in the U.S. to cross into Mexico without paying a tax on their furniture and personal belongings.

Vizcarra said 94 families asked the embassy for students transfer documents last month, compared to only three last year. He said several thousand immigrants asked for the tax document.

In a separate interview, Edmundo Hidalgo of the non-profit immigrant support group Chicanos Por La Causa, said 30,000 illegal immigrants said in a survey last week that they planned to leave Arizona sometime before March 1, when the state’s tough new employer sanctions law goes into effect. Under the law, employers can lose their business licenses if they hire undocumented workers.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has set up a hotline for citizens to report on employers who hire illegals. He has said enforcement will begin when the law goes into effect. Many deputies have also been given arrest authority by Customs and Border Protection to enforce federal immigration law. So in the course of a traffic stop, illegal immigrants without a driver's license could ultimately face deportation.

These factors, combined with a slowing economy, are forcing many undocumented workers to consider leaving Arizona. According to a study last year, 12 percent of Arizona’s workforce is in the U.S. illegally, the highest percentage in the nation.

At a immigrant shelter in Agua Prieta, Mexico, just south of the Arizona border, officials say illegal immigrants are leaving the Grand Canyon state because of the employer sanctions law.

In the last month, for every five immigrants trying to enter the U.S., four were crossing back in the other direction, said Rosa Soto Moreno, who runs a Catholic shelter that provides food and lodging for illegal immigrants.

Soto said illegal immigrants crossing back into Mexico is a new phenomenon, and she attributes it to the new law.

"Many of the supervisors are upset by the law, but have told their workers they have no choice," she said.

30K down and 38 million to go.  This is the law that CA needs!

I am going to contact my local representatives and find out how we can get this law in CA now!

Duncan Hunter for Gov - OR any one who will end this madness.

Front page of LA Times - Mayor Antonia Villaragoisa is way over budget and doesn't know what to do?  UMM how about stop giving millions sorry make that billions to illegals in services meant for US citizens.

Graciela Sandt said:

Arizona clamps down on illegals
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Posted on 07/03/2007 6:32:49 AM PDT by traumer

The governor of the US state of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, has signed into law legislation designed to deter illegal immigrant workers.

The law requires businesses to verify that all their employees are legally entitled to work in the US, or face the prospect of being closed down.

The tougher penalties were introduced days after President Bush's immigration reform bill failed in the Senate.

Arizona is one of the main gateways for illegal migration into the US.

Federal failure

Under the new legislation, an employer's first offence would be punished by a temporary licence suspension.

Congress finds itself incapable of coping with the comprehensive immigration reforms our country needs Janet Napolitano Governor of Arizona

Q&A: US immigration debate US illegal immigrants: Facts A second offence would be punished by what the governor's office called the "business death penalty" - the permanent revocation of a licence to do business in Arizona.

Ms Napolitano said she had acted because she believed Congress in Washington was incapable of tackling immigration reform on a nationwide level.

"Immigration is a federal responsibility, but it is now abundantly clear that Congress finds itself incapable of coping with the comprehensive immigration reforms our country needs", the governor said in a statement.

Arizona has one of the highest illegal immigrant populations in the country.

President Bush's attempt to overhaul US immigration policy collapsed last week when senators voted against a bill.

The proposed legislation set out ways for some of the around 12 million illegal immigrants to seek citizenship.

 

Chandler and Phoenix are listed as sanctuary cities. Do you know if the law will take action against the officials who are flaunting the law?

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Most are coming to Texas, California and not leaving the US.

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CJBL: I agree with you on Duncan Hunter for Gov. Arnold sure let us down giving in to the anti-gun crowd. The LA Mayor need to GO and take all the  people he gives sanctuary to with him and throw in Boxer and Feinstein. Oh dream on, would be nice wouldn't it???