Lawmakers seek to crack down on illegal immigrants
By Alan Elsner
Reuters
Thursday, June 23, 2005; 11:02 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Life for the estimated 10 million illegal immigrants living in the shadows in the United States could soon get even tougher as states and the federal government pass new legislation cracking down on them.
In several states, legislators have proposed and in some cases passed bills
barring illegal immigrants and their families from receiving health, welfare
and other public benefits.
Maryland will soon begin cutting off thousands of children of legal as well
as illegal immigrants from health care benefits and may also cut immigrant
pregnant women off the state's health rolls.
Virginia recently passed a measure denying illegal aliens public benefits,
including access to Medicaid, welfare and local health care services.
Arizona voters last year approved a measure requiring state employees to
report illegal immigrants to federal authorities if they apply for benefits.
"There are people out there who believe the answer to our broken immigration
system is to make the lives of illegal immigrants so miserable they will go
back home, and they are working at the federal and state level to do so,"
said Michele Waslin of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest
Hispanic group.
Illegals was my #1 concern.
Now if bush and the republican controlled congress can get scalia in as chief justice, AND replace his
lower vacancy with a true conservative - I won't bad mouth bush anymore (maybe).
we need to get rid of the fab five and their ilk, they're pure evil.
Yep, so keep the pressure on your politicians. If we vote the right people in and vote the wrong people out, they'll get the message and start thinking about changing the law.
Hot damn! It's about time !!! party time !!!
