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INVASION USA
Cities across nation crack down in illegals
Frustrated by federal inaction, new measures spark growing movement
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Posted: August 26, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Hazelton, Pa., Mayor Louis J. Barletta
Frustrated by the federal government's immigration policy, small cities across the nation are taking enforcement into their own hands, passing laws that make it harder for illegals to live and work in their communities.
Dozens of towns have followed the path of Hazelton, Pa., which passed an ordinance July 13 to deter housing owners from renting to illegals. Riverside, N.J., quickly passed a similar measure, which fines landlords $1,000 per day for renting to illegals and removes business licenses from employers who hire illegals.
Already, legal action has been taken by opponents who insist the new laws usurp federal authority.
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, which is challenging Hazelton in court, says four communities have passed similar measures and another 17 are considering them, according to Stateline.org.
On the state level, legislatures have considered a record 550 pieces of immigration-related legislation and passed at least 77 new laws in 27 states, Stateline.org said, citing the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In Georgia, a massive immigration reform package passed in May sanctioned employers who hire illegals and anyone who offers them access to public services. Colorado's legislature later passed similar measures.
In Pennsylvania, Hazelton Mayor Louis J. Barletta, an immigrant's grandson, says he wants to make his town "the toughest place on illegal immigrants in America."
"What I'm doing here is protecting the legal taxpayer of any race," he told the Washington Post. "And I will get rid of the illegal people. It's this simple: They must leave."
While the law doesn't take effect for another month, the Republican mayor already sees progress, according to the Post.
"I see illegal immigrants picking up and leaving -- some Mexican restaurants say business is off 75 percent," Barletta said. "The message is out there."
Elsewhere:
In Valley Park. Mo., earlier this month, landlords began evicting residents who don't have legal status in the country.
Landis, N.C., unanimously passed an ordinance that requires residents to conduct business with the town in English only, the local Kannapolis Independent Tribune reported. Alderman James Furr said the reason for the ordinance is to get everyone on the same page.
"We want to welcome immigrants to Landis and want to understand them," Furr said. "When someone comes before the board, I want to know them."
A nearby town, Mint Hill, N.C., is considering an ordinance that would go a step further, making English the official language but also punishing business owners that hire illegal workers or provide them services. Business owners would face loss of licenses for up to five years on the first offense, the Kannapolis Independent Tribune said.
In Escondido, Calif., city leaders voted 3-2 last week to draft an ordinance to punish people who provide jobs and housing to illegal immigrants.
Councilman Ed Gallo said the council's charge is to "provide for the health and safety of the residents of Escondido. Is it wrong then to ask them to be here legally?"
Hispanics make up 42 percent of the town's 142,000 people.
In Farmers Branch, Texas, a city councilman plans to propose similar measures and also wants to stop publication of any documents in Spanish and eliminate subsidies for illegal immigrants in the city's youth programs, according to KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas.
In Riverside, N.J., the city council already has adjusted to court challenges, approving several amendments to reinforce an ordinance that bans hiring or housing illegal immigrants, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
In Arcadia, Wisc., the new mayor, John Kimmel, is being accused of racism for plans to make English the official language and to create an "illegal alien task force" that would forward complaints to federal authorities and hold landlords accountable for renting to illegal immigrants, reported the Associated Press.
The city council of Altoona, Pa., introduced an ordinance Wednesday calling for fines and revocation of licenses for employers who hire illegal aliens and landlords who house them.
Officials there, however, will not include making English the official language because they fear it would not be legally defensible, the Altoona Mirror newspaper reported.
Councilman Ron Reidell said the ordinance is justifiable because illegal aliens "breaking the law sap our resources, and they show themselves unwilling to go through channels others have navigated at great expense and effort."
Meanwhile, some employers themselves are cracking down on the hiring of illegals.
Companies in California are using the state's unfair competition statutes to sue competitors, claiming their rivals gain an unfair advantage by hiring illegals at lower wages, without pensions or workers compensation.
Groups that oppose illegal immigration are helping finance the legal actions, the Associated Press reported, believing the tactic could prompt a wave of litigation across the country that would deter hiring of illegals.
Statistics compiled by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement show immigration law enforcement at work sites is limited. Last year, just 1,145 work site arrests were recorded, compared to 2,849 in fiscal 1999.
Federal borders agents in at least one sector also are taking initiative, cooperating with local governments to m make a 210-mile stretch along the Texas-Mexico border a "zero-tolerance zone" for illegals.
Rather than being immediately sent home, illegals caught in this area â€" surrounding Del Rio, Texas â€" are arrested, prosecuted and sometimes sentenced to prison before being formally deported, the AP reported.
Federal officials, in fact, have praised the effort as a creative combination of local and federal resources to curb illegal entry.
Other border sectors have not engaged in such a practice because of limited resources. In the Del Rio sector, however, authorities have found bed space elsewhere in the region and assigned federal agents to help prosecute cases, the AP said.
"There's nothing we're doing that wasn't already on the books," said Hilario Leal Jr., a supervisory Border Patrol agent in the Del Rio sector. "It's nothing new. We just started enforcing the law."
And this is a question? It oesnot belong on yahoo answers. how can you rejoice in others enforcing rules when you can' seem to follow them yourself?
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That's great news! Keep us posted. Good job.
Greeneyes, you are an idiot. Have a nice day.
Excellent research. I agree that illegals need to be dealt with. The ACLU will sue and some liberal judge somewhere will call something unconstitutional. A lot of this reform is in the House Republicans bill. The Senate and President need to address this. Just remember, House and Senate Democrats refuse to support real reform (there are a very few exceptions)
Thanks for the update.
"mizzgreeneyez" your an idiot. It's PEOPLE, not "peoples". Learn English or go away. If you were in France, do you think you would get away with butchering French? Nope.
I would have to say that the thing that makes this the best country in the world is that it is the most diversified country ever. It is the fact that we can pool from such a huge range of history and culture that puts us far and away ahead of everyone else. However, we have a set of laws and regulations that dictate how, when and why people are allowed to immigrate to this country now. These laws and regulations are very, very necessary, especially in this day and age, with the terrorists that want nothing more then to wipe of off the face of the planet. Because of this, we need to, at the very least, start fully enforcing those laws and regulations, if not expanding upon them as well. I say, bully for the local governments that are taking the stand that our Federal government should be doing.
Thank You so much for the update.
about time
Federal govt refuse to protect citizen from invasion ....thats mean gov anarchy vote good candidate in nov who are NOT mexicans lover invader.
Solution only TANCREDO for 2008 , he will take it back America and protect citizen from invader
Will you marry me?
Very Good Read !! It really is great news to see other local authorities stepping up to the plate !! TY for posting !
Oh green eyes.... I don't know where to begin. How about here. Taking the land from the Indians was something that our ancestors did. The American gov and way of life was formed and now we must protect it. We can not keep feeding our countries poor and taking care of other countries. Our own country needs our help!! People coming into this country illegally is draining us. They live off our tax money. They flood our schools demanding free education but not speaking our language. There has to be translators for them and guess who pays for that. We do! This is just the beginning!
I am glad that our gov is finally listening to their LEGAL citizens!
Only your idiotic friends would read this long whining letter made up by you.
AMNESTY TO ALL "UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS"
STOP HR 4437!!
About freaking time.
About time.
WHAT GETS ME GOING IS HOW THEY STEAL REAL ISSUES FROM HISTORY TO SAY IT BELONGS TO THEM! BOLOGNA!!
Did mizzgreeneyes miss a single cliche in her response?
.... I guess she doesn't have the 'this is our continent' in there, but every other one....
I did see this article, and was very pleased. The question is why it is the EXCEPTION to enforce the law, of course..
Little by little step by step. I just love the information. I'll have to see who I can find on that to email and say "this is great".
Good Post-will put on watch list so I can email our thanks.
HIP HIP...........................
It's about time someone started making it tough on illegals!
Too little. Too late. What are we going to do with the millions of illegals already in the country. Its not going to do any good to penalize the citizens of this country. We need to do something about the problem at hand, and that is how to get rid of the millions of people here illegally.
I love it!! Thats the best news I have read in a while. Thank you.
It's pretty freaking sad that we can't count on the Federal Government to enforce our own immigration laws and do it's job by it's citizens by protecting our pockets from being robbed every month in the billions of dollars that pay for the health, food and education for millions of illegals.
I'm glad to see some city and county politicians with the "cajones" to do what is neccissary where the Federal politicians obviously don't.
"We just started enforcing the law." What took so long?
ok
all mexicans should be forced to swim back , any who claim to be legal (yeah right) should have to prove they're legal before allowing them back in.
Obviously the federal government can't make up it's mind to do anything so BRAVO for the state and local governments that are taking charge!
That's great news!
lame..........
what is your people's problem? Most of your ancestors who came to this country were once immigrants from other countries. Do you actually think your four fathers and founders of this country were born in the U.S.? The only people that were here were Native Americana's and look what we did to them. Honestly what do you think would happen to our economy if all of the illegal immigrants were arrested or sent back to Mexico? For one there would be no one doing the jobs that lazy Americans WON'T DO, and you'd be filling your prisons and raising taxes once again. THINK PEOPLE
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