Post by jeffolie on Jun 9, 2011 17:59:05 GMT -6
new illegals law: Alabama expands punishments
I believe illegal immigration is a crime. The US Sup Ct. allowed States to prohibit illegals' activities in civil matters...not declaring this a crime...that may yet happen.
Alabama's illegals law reflects the state's political ground. Republican can and are moving forward with what the US Sup Ct. decided could be regulated. Alabama's illegals law will meet legal establishment resistence in the Federal Appeals Court various levels but most likely will need to be allowed by the US Sup Ct either directly with a US Sup Ct. ruling or effectively a ruling with a denial of a favorable Federal Appeals Court appeal to the US Sup Ct. which would in effect let the lower level favorable decision stand.
Republicans did not campaign against illegals...at least none of the front running Republicans are screaming about illegals. State Republicans passing great, punishing State laws will make this into a national issue even if the Presidental candidates continue to try to avoid, duck the immigration laws issues.
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Alabama Passes Nation's Harshest Immigration Law
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed on Thursday what’s being described by both supporters and critics as the toughest immigration law in the country. Its harsh provisions surpass even Arizona’s controversial bill, barring illegal immigrants from going to college, applying for work, or renting property. Similar to the Arizona bill, it requires law enforcement officers making stops or arrests to make a “reasonable attempt” to determine a person’s immigration status. The American Civil Liberties Union said it will sue to overturn the new law, which it called “draconian.”
...Last month, the Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that required businesses to use the federal E-Verify database.
Based on that decision, the high court this month ordered a lower court to reconsider its rejection of a much-publicized law in Hazleton, Pa., that would have denied illegal immigrants business permits and penalized landlords who rented property to them.
more...
...In an echo of the Arizona law, the Alabama legislation requires that police, in the course of any lawful "stop, detention or arrest," make a reasonable attempt to determine a person's citizenship and immigration status, given a "reasonable suspicion" that the person is an immigrant, unless doing so would hinder an investigation.
It outlaws illegal immigrants from receiving any state or local public benefits, bars them from enrolling in or attending public colleges, and prohibits them from applying for or soliciting work.
It forbids the harboring and transport of illegal immigrants, and outlaws renting them property or "knowingly" employing them for any work within the state. It also makes it a "discriminatory practice" to fire, or decline to hire, a legal resident when an illegal one is on the payroll.
The law criminalizes "dealing in false identification documents" and, beginning April 1, will require every business in the state to verify employees' immigration status using the federal E-Verify system.
It deems invalid any contract to which an illegal immigrant is a party if the legal party in the contract has "direct or constructive knowledge" that the other person was in the country illegally. And it requires a citizenship check for people registering to vote.
For opponents, one of the most disturbing provisions is a requirement that officials in K-12 public schools determine whether students are illegal immigrants. It will not ban the students from schools, but rather require every school district to submit an annual report on the number of presumed illegal immigrants to the state education board.
But Ali Noorani, head of the National Immigration Forum, fears that simply asking parents about their children's immigration status will cause them to pull their kids from school.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-alabama-immigration-20110610,0,4204688.story
I believe illegal immigration is a crime. The US Sup Ct. allowed States to prohibit illegals' activities in civil matters...not declaring this a crime...that may yet happen.
Alabama's illegals law reflects the state's political ground. Republican can and are moving forward with what the US Sup Ct. decided could be regulated. Alabama's illegals law will meet legal establishment resistence in the Federal Appeals Court various levels but most likely will need to be allowed by the US Sup Ct either directly with a US Sup Ct. ruling or effectively a ruling with a denial of a favorable Federal Appeals Court appeal to the US Sup Ct. which would in effect let the lower level favorable decision stand.
Republicans did not campaign against illegals...at least none of the front running Republicans are screaming about illegals. State Republicans passing great, punishing State laws will make this into a national issue even if the Presidental candidates continue to try to avoid, duck the immigration laws issues.
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Alabama Passes Nation's Harshest Immigration Law
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed on Thursday what’s being described by both supporters and critics as the toughest immigration law in the country. Its harsh provisions surpass even Arizona’s controversial bill, barring illegal immigrants from going to college, applying for work, or renting property. Similar to the Arizona bill, it requires law enforcement officers making stops or arrests to make a “reasonable attempt” to determine a person’s immigration status. The American Civil Liberties Union said it will sue to overturn the new law, which it called “draconian.”
...Last month, the Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that required businesses to use the federal E-Verify database.
Based on that decision, the high court this month ordered a lower court to reconsider its rejection of a much-publicized law in Hazleton, Pa., that would have denied illegal immigrants business permits and penalized landlords who rented property to them.
more...
...In an echo of the Arizona law, the Alabama legislation requires that police, in the course of any lawful "stop, detention or arrest," make a reasonable attempt to determine a person's citizenship and immigration status, given a "reasonable suspicion" that the person is an immigrant, unless doing so would hinder an investigation.
It outlaws illegal immigrants from receiving any state or local public benefits, bars them from enrolling in or attending public colleges, and prohibits them from applying for or soliciting work.
It forbids the harboring and transport of illegal immigrants, and outlaws renting them property or "knowingly" employing them for any work within the state. It also makes it a "discriminatory practice" to fire, or decline to hire, a legal resident when an illegal one is on the payroll.
The law criminalizes "dealing in false identification documents" and, beginning April 1, will require every business in the state to verify employees' immigration status using the federal E-Verify system.
It deems invalid any contract to which an illegal immigrant is a party if the legal party in the contract has "direct or constructive knowledge" that the other person was in the country illegally. And it requires a citizenship check for people registering to vote.
For opponents, one of the most disturbing provisions is a requirement that officials in K-12 public schools determine whether students are illegal immigrants. It will not ban the students from schools, but rather require every school district to submit an annual report on the number of presumed illegal immigrants to the state education board.
But Ali Noorani, head of the National Immigration Forum, fears that simply asking parents about their children's immigration status will cause them to pull their kids from school.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-alabama-immigration-20110610,0,4204688.story