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Mississippi Senate Approves Immigration Enforcement Bill
Monday, January 24, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Mississippi State House
An Arizona-style bill has passed through the Mississippi state senate and now heads to the state house where its future is a bit more cloudy. If passed, the bill would make its way to Gov. Haley Barbour's desk who has expressed luke-warm support for the bill at best.
The law differs from Arizona's in that it applies to traffic stops. Traffic violators would have to show their proof of legal residency if stopped for another infraction. If an illegal alien is detected, the bill also allots $20 per day to local jails while they wait for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to pick up the individual.
"There should be no reason why law enforcement authorities cannot ask for proof of citizenship during a routine traffic stop," said Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who has said illegal immigration is one of the top issues facing legislators this year.
The bill was offered by state Senator Joey Fillingane. Fillingane said that Mississippi had 49,000 illegal aliens as of 2006 and current estimates have it closer to 90,000. Supporters of the bill say a state audit reveals that Mississippi spends $24 million in education and $35 million a year in health care on illegal immigrants.
Finally, we turned to NumbersUSA, an Arlington-Va.-based nonprofit group that opposes illegal immigration and advocates for limits on legal immigration, because it tracks what the presidential candidates say about immigration. The group’s president, Roy Beck, told us that Romney has expressed support for enacting "attrition by enforcement" policies on a national level such as requiring that businesses use E-Verify. Beck said Romney has not said specific provisions of SB 1070 should be taken as a model for federal immigration laws.
Day laborers, mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico, also had proliferated in other areas of metropolitan Phoenix, including Guadalupe, west Phoenix and Fountain Hills.
But drive by any of those locations now, and only a handful of day laborers are left. And no longer do they rush up to vehicles en masse, waving their hands in a desperate bid to get hired. Now, they are more likely to keep a lower profile, leaning against a tree or sitting on a milk crate.
There are several reasons for the change. Arizona's slumping economy has dried up the demand for day laborers, who typically are hired for yard cleaning, moving, tree cutting, construction and other jobs. Many have left Arizona to look for work in other states, or they have given up and returned to Mexico.
Missouri sheriffs are giving their support to law officers in states along the Mexican border seeking to enforce immigration laws.
The Missouri Sheriffs' Association this week approved a resolution backing states that have approved their own legislation on immigration enforcement. The resolution specifically mentions Arizona, where part of a new law on the subject has been blocked by a federal judge.
The Missouri sheriffs group said Wednesday the resolution was approved by more than 100 members at its annual meeting, with no votes in opposition.
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