CA Assembly Member Introduces Strict Immigration Law

Source: KPBS

The Secure Immigration Enforcement Act, or AB 26, would allow citizens to sue any local government that operates as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants. It would also require every employer in the state to use E-Verify to check on the immigration status of employees.

Tim Donnelly is a Republican assembly member from Southern California and a Tea Party member. During a recent interview on Fox News, Donnelly said that beyond this law, he also wanted to target the use of welfare money by undocumented immigrants.

"When the police come in and ask for IDs, everyone of them produced an EBT card, which is an electronic benefit transfer card," he said, citing as evidence a recent immigration raid in the state. "So, we have a serious problem with welfare. Why don't we get serious and cut it down to 6 months and make it be a hand up and not a hand out?"

Donnelly's bill would also make human smuggling of children across borders a felony.

Read more: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/mar/22/assembly-member-introduces-california-version-ariz/

but it also have to expose the non-latinos illegals too, ie, not just focus on people of color. Here is Cali there are a lot of illegals from Europe who are working w/o green cards too.

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After nearly 20 years, the U.S. and Mexico have resolved a dispute over cross-border trucking that subjected the U.S. to billings in punitive tariffs. President Obama and Mexico's Felipe Calderon comment on the agreement. Video courtesy Fox News.

The deal seeks to end a nearly 20-year ban on Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border, a violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement that subjected $2.4 billion of U.S. goods annually to punitive tariffs by Mexico. Half of the tariffs will be suspended when the deal is signed by both nations, expected in about 60 days. The remainder will be lifted when the first Mexican hauler complies with a series of U.S. certification requirements, including English-language, drug and safety tests.

The new requirements for Mexican trucks are tougher than those established in Nafta and somewhat tougher than those currently in force for American truckers. Specifically, Mexican trucks will have to carry electronic recorders to ensure they do only cross-border, not domestic, runs and to track compliance with U.S. hours-of-service laws.

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http://transportworkers.org/node/1730

Driving a truck is one of the few ways that middle class Americans can support their families. I know very well educated people who are driving trucks.

The restrictions on the Mexican drivers will be very difficult to monitor, especially since the extremely low wages the Mexican drivers receive will serve as a strong incentive for American business owners to cheat.

So, this bill is just a joke.

My comment is not about ethnicity. I am not opposed to immigration. I support the Dream Act. But, permitting Mexican drivers to deliver goods across our border is an assault on wages and will create real problems.

And Obama has OK'd the agreement with very little fuss or comment from anyone.