Ten States Now Contemplating Arizona-Like Anti-Immigration Legislation

[babylonsister]

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Ten States Now Contemplating Arizona-Like Anti-Immigration Legislation
By Nicole Belle Thursday Apr 29, 2010 3:00pm


(courtesy of Americans Opposed to Racial Profiling on Facebook)


Despite the drubbing in the media, the threatened boycotts and the planned marches and protests, there is a segment of xenophobic Republican lawmakers empowered by Arizona's anti-immigration law enough to try to emulate it in their home state. ThinkProgress has a breakdown of the states (Utah, Georgia, Colorado, Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska) and the actions being contemplated.

Not content with letting others take the xenophobe crown alone, Texas Sen. John Cornyn has also introduced legislation to strengthen the border.

“For many in Washington, border violence is merely a talking point, but for those who live along our southern border it has become a fact of life. Talk is cheap, but talk means nothing until we follow through and deliver the tangible resources our law enforcement needs to keep border residents safe,” said Senator Cornyn. “Our government has abdicated its responsibility when it comes to border security for far too long, leaving state and local taxpayers no choice but to pick up the slack to protect communities from cartel, gang violence, and cross-border trafficking. This bill will require the federal government to do its job.”

“For communities along the border with Mexico, the threat of violence is becoming all too real, but the federal government has yet to fully step up and do what is necessary to take on these challenges,” said Senator Hutchison. “This failure costs our state and local governments millions every year and puts lives in danger.”

Based largely on input from local law enforcement officers near the Texas border, Sen. Cornyn introduced The Southern Border Security Assistance Act to create a $300 million border grant program for state and local law enforcement within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, which will help quickly provide resources to purchase equipment, upgrade critical information systems, and hire additional officers. The bill also requires additional federal judges to handle the caseload from increased criminal prosecutions along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Not too pick too fine a nit, but I would mention that Cornyn, complaining that the federal government is not doing enough, is actually a MEMBER of the federal government.

[alstephenson]

1. As are McCain and Kyl.

But it's all Obama's fault, of course.

[LiberalFighter]

2. And why didn't they do something about it when they had control of both chambers and WH?

[slackmaster]

4. The dirty little non-secret is that nobody really wants to fix the problem

It's simply being used as a political distraction.

[underpants]

3. They are trying to out-Republican and out-teabag each other

mob rules

[DearAbby]

5. Yeah I heard about the GOP Candidate here in Colorado

said he was considering it. Jeezus its like a battle cry being sounded here, this will energize the Democrats/Hispanics here.

::Smacks forehead:: Can you really believe how stupid these people are? What happened to them in childhood to make them so hatefilled?

[asjr]

6. Monkey see, monkey do.

[corpseratemedia]

7. these are the same people whose developer buddies & lobbyists

couldn't get enough ultra-cheap labor they didn't have to account for during the building boom

[political_Dem]

8. The cancer of racism and xenophobia is spreading.

And there isn't enough radiation in the world to stop the GOP from making sure America transforms into a fascist nation.

[spanone]

9. they had EIGHT YEARS did NOTHING