States Finally Cracking Down on Illegals
by Jeff Davis
For years the big excuse that was given as to why states and localities in the United States cannot begin dealing with the illegal immigration problem on their own is that “We have to leave it to Congress, we have to leave it to be addressed on the Federal level.” Well, we saw what “addressing it on the Federal level” meant last month, when the politicians in Washington tried to sneak through an amnesty for twenty million illegal aliens. That amnesty bill was shot down thaks to talk radio, various Internet patriots and Republicans extremely nervous about their re-election chances in 2008. Meanwhile, the states and cities of America are finally dealing with the problem.
Arizona Central News reports that “Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday signed sweeping legislation against employers of undocumented workers, targeting the state’s market for illegal labor with what she called the most aggressive action in the country. The penalty for violators: the suspension of a business license on the first violation and permanent revocation on a second, amounting to a death sentence for repeat offenders.” (more…)