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Arizona Lawmakers Back Strict Immigration Bill
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 The New York Times While pressure increases on the Obama administration for a long-anticipated and much-promised overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, Arizona is moving ahead with anti-illegal-immigrant legislation widely considered among the most stringent in the states. The legislation was approved by the state’s House of Representatives on Tuesday and is heading back to the Senate, which is expected to pass it. Then it will arrive at the desk of Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican facing an election challenge who is also expected to sign the bill. It would give the police broad power under state law to check the legal status of people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants. The police would be authorized to arrest immigrants unable to show documents allowing them to be in the country and it would leave drivers open to sanctions in some cases for knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant, even a relative. It expressly forbids cities from adopting so-called “sanctuary” policies that restrict the police and public workers from immigration enforcement, though it was a matter of debate if any cities have such policies. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/15immig.html?hp |
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