Legislators push PA immigration control bill!

[Bravo Zulu]

Legislators push PA immigration control bill
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

HARRISBURG -- State Reps. Daryl Metcalfe and Harry Readshaw think Pennsylvania should follow Arizona's lead and "protect its borders and citizens" by giving local and state police more power to arrest, detain and eventually deport foreigners who have entered the state illegally and don't have proper registration papers.

Mr. Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, Mr. Readshaw, D-Carrick, and several other legislators today promoted House Bill 2479, which would direct a police officer "to attempt to verify the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens."

However, an officer could not stop a suspected illegal immigrant without reason -- as critics of the new Arizona law have claimed, Mr. Metcalfe said. An officer would have to have a reason for checking a suspected illegal alien's papers, such as if the alien was driving too fast, ran a red light, or was arrested for a break-in.

The bill also would create a new third-degree misdemeanor "for illegal aliens who violate federal law by either willfully failing to register as an alien or failing to possess proper proof of such registration when stopped for another primary offense, such as a traffic violation."

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[customerserviceguy]

1. I expect half the country to have these laws

by November, 2012. Especially if there happens to be a SCOTUS decision in favor of them before that time, which is doubtful.

[katmondoo]

2. My worse nightmare may come true

when traveling state to state we will need papers, a passport or birth certificate or all three.

[Junkdrawer]

3. The old joke *used* to be...

"I thought I knew geography, but I just found out that Alabama lies between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia."

Now I learn we have a border with Mexico. Small world.

[old mark]

4. Yeah -I have always been nervous about our border with New Jersey...

You know how THOSE PEOPLE are....Shit, look what kind of government they have!!!

mark

[damntexdem]

5. I tell you: all them undocumented Canadians are terrorizing Penna.

;-)

[HopeHoops]

6. Contacted my rep, senator, and the gov already. E-FUCKING-GADS!