The bill is a farce but that won’t stop Harry. He even wrote a sternly worded letter to the POTUS to prove how committed he is to ..wait, here it comes…”tough, fair, practical and comprehensive reform is the only way to get control of our broken immigration system and to restore the rule of law.”
How does one restore the rule of law by breaking the law?
PoliPundit points out that attrition is working:
Illegal immigrants living in states and cities that have adopted strict immigration policies are packing up and moving back to their home countries or to neighboring states.
The exodus has been fueled by a wave of laws targeting illegal immigrants in Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and elsewhere. Many were passed after congressional efforts to overhaul the immigration system collapsed in June.
Immigrants say the laws have raised fears of workplace raids and deportation.
“People now are really frightened and scared because they don’t know what’s going to happen,” says Juliana Stout, an editor at the newspaper El Nacional de Oklahoma. “They’re selling houses. They’re leaving the country.”
Supporters of the laws cheer the departure of illegal immigrants and say the laws are working as intended.
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Most provisions of an Oklahoma law take effect in November. Among other things, it cuts off benefits such as welfare and college financial aid.
There’s no hard demographic data on the trend, partly because it’s hard to track people who are in the USA illegally. But school officials, real estate agents and church leaders say the movement is unmistakable.
In Tulsa, schools have seen a drop in Hispanic enrollment.
About 60% of Kendall-Whittier Elementary School’s 950 students are Hispanic, Principal Judy Feary says. Since an enrollment report Sept. 10, she says, 14 have left. Four more said last week that they would move.
Three weeks ago, one couple dropped their three children at school, then returned after lunch with their belongings packed in an SUV and trailer. Feary says they took the kids and said they were moving back to Mexico. “They were afraid and cited the immigration law,” she says.
Marshall Elementary, where enrollment is 60% Hispanic, has lost about 10 students this year to the immigration law, Principal Kayla Robinson says. Most moved to Texas. “These are families that have been here for a long time,” she says.
Illegal immigrants also are leaving Georgia, where a law requires companies on government contracts with at least 500 employees to check new hires against a federal database to make sure they are legally authorized to work.
Mario Reyes, senior minister at the Tabernacle of Atlanta, says his church lost about 10 families this summer. His daughter, a real estate agent, is helping them sell their homes.
Churches across the city report similar losses, says Antonio Mansogo, a board member of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders.
“There’s tension because you don’t know when immigration (agents) might show up, and a lot of people don’t want to take those chances,” he says.
Real estate agent Guadalupe Sosa in Avondale, Ariz., outside Phoenix, says migration from the state began about three months ago, shortly after Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, signed a law that will take effect in January. Employers who hire illegal immigrants can lose their business licenses.
Of the 10 homes Sosa has on the market, half belong to families that plan to leave because of immigration tensions.
Bryan has the video of Harry’s support for “undocumented Americans.”
Michelle has more
Danbury, CT, had a law about illegals that was overturned. 10 Illegals are now suing. Their case ought to be tossed because since they broke the law to be in the US, the officer involved had cause to bust them.
Round them up and send them home, period.
Edited by Pam~ Note no use of the word illegal in the story!
Hanging out on street corners is the norm when one is looking for work. Did anyone check with the IRS to assure that these people are paying income tax on these jobs?
Are they being represented by students or attorney’s? One needs to pass the bar before they can call themselves a lawyer.
The effectiveness of this suit depends on whether or not the action borders on entrapment. If the officers asked for documentation and the workers failed to produce it, the officers could have probable cause to suspect they are here illegally. If the illegals produced PHONY documents, the police ABSOLUTELY had probable cause to arrest them. Sting operations are NOT unconstitutional as long as they don’t involve entrapment. Look at all of the bogus pawn shop stings that took place a few years ago. The police would set up bogus pawn shops and pay top dollar for things. They would then check to see what was stolen. They would insinuate that they had mob connections. One “customer” filled out a statement claiming responsibility for a murder in an attempt to get a job as a hit man. They would then invite all of their “Good” customers to a party with door prizes being given. They would collect weapons at the door as a “safety” precaution, carefully tagging and recording who brought in which weapon. They then rounded them all up.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has the method for dealing with Illegal Aliens. Whenever he raids a drop house, he charges the illegals for conspiracy to commit human smuggling. He then locks them up in his Tent City jail for a few months. Once the realize that being here illegally is going to cost their families their income for 4-6 months before they’re deported, and Joe doesn’t allow illegal aliens to visit anyone in his jail, they don’t come back.