On the immigration front, we're seeing state and local governments pick up where the federal government is dropping the ball. Starting at midnight, November 1st, Oklahoma is now playing it tough with illegal immigrants. (HT: Blogmeister USA and Hot Air). The law is requiring the following:
*Illegal aliens may NOT receive public assistance
*Anyone arrested for a felony or drinking and driving will have citizenship verified
*Illegal to transfer to transfer or harbor illegal aliens
*Public employers must register with a program to verify immigration status of all employees
Great idea, Oklahoma!
Closer to home, we have the Metro Council bill being presented by Doug Hawkins (see here and here). In the more liberal area of Louisville, I suspect this is going to create a big stink both in the media and on the council itself. But truthfully, it shouldn't.
The issue boils down to the one word - illegal. I am the product of previous immigrants coming to the U.S. LEGALLY. Many of them in my ancestry (German) didn't speak English, but picked it up so they could do business here. Today, several generations later, I personally know only a very few words of German...just enough to get around the autobahn. But I continue the legacy of speaking the language needed to do business.
By allowing much of the illegal immigration to go unabated, I personally take it as an insult to those like my great-grandfather. Those like him worked hard, saved and skimped, to come over with all the needed paperwork in hand. By doing this, he left his great and great-great grandkids (numbering like 75 of us) a legacy of hard work and respect of the law.
Don't forget liberals, as we invite these immigrants across the border without the needed paperwork, we are also breeding contempt of our legal system. These will be the first folks breaking any new laws being put into the law books. Laws written by both conservatives AND liberals.
-Colonel Steve
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