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Second U.S. state to consider approving such anti-immgrant bill deemed harsher than Arizona's law
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 19, 2011
Jackson, Mississippi - On Tuesday, the Mississippi (MS) state senate passed on a vote of 34-15 a their own SB 2179, which is similar to Arizona's version of SB 1070 an anti-immigrant law. The MS law will allow police to question someone during after a traffic stop violation or while investigating other violations of state and local ordinances.
The main author, Senator Joey Fillingane (R-Sumrall) said officers can only inquire about the legal status of a person only in the course of enforcing other laws as "secondary status." Fillingane told the Clarion-Ledger in an interview that, “We did not want anyone to go out and start picking on or racial profiling people.”
MS becomes the second state to pass such an illegal law and most likely will face a challenge and a federal lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice as Arizona did.
Under the MS law, officers can arrest without warrant Hispanics considered illegal in the U.S. and makes it a state crime not to carry alien registration legal status documents. The SB 2170 also, makes it illegal to stop and pick up suspected undocumented workers at stops, and to conceal, transport and habor illegal aliens.
The bill goes before the Mississippi House and is expected to be voted out of committee for further debate by state representatives. Governor Haley Barbour (R) has acknowledged the economic contributions that undocumented immigrants have made to the state. He did not say whether he would sign it into law if it passed both legislative chambers.
In other news, Florida State Senator Mike Bennett (R Bradenton) is backing off from supporting his own similar Arizona SB 1070 law, now he says it would hurt state economy. Last week, former Florida Governor Jed Bush who co-chaired the Hispanic Leadership conference in a Republican gathering told attendees that the GOP should begin to find ways to tap into the Hispanic community support. He admitted that anti-immigrant rhetoric and laws would not gain support for the GOP.
Other state legislators in Florida are backing away from a similar Arizona SB 1070 law as well, citing it would hurt the economy, tourism, construction and undocumented workers are an asset to Florida's agriculture economy and growth. Even, Governor Rick Scott admits that if E-Verify is used by farmers to verify the legal status of farmworkers, their work force will fall and crops would spoil. Farmers won't be likely to be replaced undocumented workers with unemployed Americans willing to do the harsh work they are not accustomed to do.
Posted by the Clarion-Ledger, a PDF copy of SB 2179 at link: http://bit.ly/f6Ppzf
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Second U.S. state to consider approving such anti-immgrant bill deemed harsher than Arizona's law
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 19, 2011
Jackson, Mississippi - On Tuesday, the Mississippi (MS) state senate passed on a vote of 34-15 a their own SB 2179, which is similar to Arizona's version of SB 1070 an anti-immigrant law. The MS law will allow police to question someone during after a traffic stop violation or while investigating other violations of state and local ordinances.
The main author, Senator Joey Fillingane (R-Sumrall) said officers can only inquire about the legal status of a person only in the course of enforcing other laws as "secondary status." Fillingane told the Clarion-Ledger in an interview that, “We did not want anyone to go out and start picking on or racial profiling people.”
MS becomes the second state to pass such an illegal law and most likely will face a challenge and a federal lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice as Arizona did.
Under the MS law, officers can arrest without warrant Hispanics considered illegal in the U.S. and makes it a state crime not to carry alien registration legal status documents. The SB 2170 also, makes it illegal to stop and pick up suspected undocumented workers at stops, and to conceal, transport and habor illegal aliens.
The bill goes before the Mississippi House and is expected to be voted out of committee for further debate by state representatives. Governor Haley Barbour (R) has acknowledged the economic contributions that undocumented immigrants have made to the state. He did not say whether he would sign it into law if it passed both legislative chambers.
In other news, Florida State Senator Mike Bennett (R Bradenton) is backing off from supporting his own similar Arizona SB 1070 law, now he says it would hurt state economy. Last week, former Florida Governor Jed Bush who co-chaired the Hispanic Leadership conference in a Republican gathering told attendees that the GOP should begin to find ways to tap into the Hispanic community support. He admitted that anti-immigrant rhetoric and laws would not gain support for the GOP.
Other state legislators in Florida are backing away from a similar Arizona SB 1070 law as well, citing it would hurt the economy, tourism, construction and undocumented workers are an asset to Florida's agriculture economy and growth. Even, Governor Rick Scott admits that if E-Verify is used by farmers to verify the legal status of farmworkers, their work force will fall and crops would spoil. Farmers won't be likely to be replaced undocumented workers with unemployed Americans willing to do the harsh work they are not accustomed to do.
Posted by the Clarion-Ledger, a PDF copy of SB 2179 at link: http://bit.ly/f6Ppzf
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