Kentucky Follows Arizona

Immigration-Enforcement Legislation Advancing in Kentucky
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 12:37 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

Kentucky State House

A bill similar to Arizona's immigration-enforcement law cleared its first hurdle in Kentucky passing through the state senate after a vote late last week. The measure passed by a 24-14 margin and would allow police to check the immigration status of individuals they stop.

"Does Kentucky want to be a sanctuary for illegals?" said State Sen. Tom Jensen. "What this bill really does is it sends a message ... that we do not tolerate people coming into this country illegally. They should come into this country legally. My grandparents did."

Sen. John Schickel is the bill's main sponsor.

The bill now moves to the House where it's likely to face more resistance. Last year, the House did pass a bill that would have required all state agencies to use E-Verify to check the status of all new hires, but under Democratic control, it might be tougher to garner votes. Only one Democrat voted for the bill in the state senate.

Current State House Speaker Greg Stumbo favors the E-Verify approach, and he's willing to extend a state mandate to all employers, private and public, in Kentucky. He believes that if illegal aliens can't get jobs in Kentucky, then they'll leave Kentucky.

Comment:

Way to go Kentucky!

Kentucky State Senator Tom Jensen doesn't want his state to be a sanctuary for illegal aliens. Evidently California politicians feel exactly the opposite. Most politicians here in the Fool's Golden State are terrified of offending the Latino community. For the most part, they are way off base. For example, I have a client who's a Mexican immigrant - the legal kind. When I asked him how he feels about illegals, his response, and I quote, was, "I waited my turn. They can all get to the back of the line. NO CUTS!"

I think Tomas's attitude is typical of legal immigrants. Perhaps it's the Mexican-Americans Sacramento are brown-nosing. Let's face it. Most of them have some relatives in Mexico. They wouldn't want any laws passed that might negatively affect their family now, or in the future. These people might say, "I have to help my relatives run the border. We're family. I have to help my family."

But my attitude is this: If a Mexican-American with family in Mexico harbours an illegal, even if it's a relative, then they are traitors. After all, if a relative kills someone and you hide him, you become an accessory to murder. In principle, there is no difference between helping a family member who's wanted for murder, and one who's an illegal. Both murder and border running are crimes, plain and simple. A crime is a crime. If you help a family member who's here illegally, you're an accessory. The fact that he's a relative is not an excuse.

Wake up liberals. Illegal aliens are criminals. The fact they are just trying to escape poverty is irrelevant. They are still here illegally. Besides, since when did the plight of the Mexican working class become our problem? Did I miss that or something? Besides, we have problems of our own. Before we even think about helping foreigners, we need to get our own country in order first.