By JULIA PRESTON
Published: December 31, 2010
Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states say they will propose bills similar to a controversial law to fight illegal immigration that was adopted by Arizona last spring, even though a federal court has suspended central provisions of that statute.The efforts, led by Republicans, are part of a wave of state measures coming this year aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
Legislators have also announced measures to limit access to public colleges and other benefits for illegal immigrants and to punish employers who hire them.
Next week, at least five states plan to begin an unusual coordinated effort to cancel automatic United States citizenship for children born in this country to illegal immigrant parents....
Reagan was the last President to oversee Immigration Reform. He allowed amnesty for the illegals already here with the understanding any further illegal immigration would be stemmed with prosecution and border patrols. It was a farce. Why? Because the border states with Mexico exploited illegals for cheap labor. Border protections were never enforced and now, AGAIN, today the USA has another mess on its hands.
The Reagan provisions allowed the states to determine the policy for the nation. That was reliquishing power the federal government should have maintained. The states did a lousy job of it and they will continue to do a lousy job until the federal government takes control of the circumstances.
Today, there is a very clear and present danger by the Mexican war with the drug cartels. The federal government has a clear interest in border security and illegal immigration. It is up to the federal legislation to set the polices for the USA, not the states. The states are ineffective and proven to be so over decades of abuse. It is proven and the Dream Act is the beginning of effective federal legislation to change the outcomes of weak border enforcement that also carries discrimination and hate to a level of legitimacy.
