Perry brings immigration to special session

[MrDiaz]

Source: Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has added immigration legislation to the special session’s agenda.

In a statement issued Monday afternoon, Perry added bills that would require local police to give immigration violations equal priority to violent crimes.

Other matters include checking immigration status before issuing a driver’s license and the practice of checking a person’s immigration status when they are arrested.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7599559.html#ixzz1Ocgflgtn

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7599559.html

[Sonoman]

1. Well, * and GoodHair have already trashed the economy...

so why shouldn't they fuck up everything else?

Sonoman

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. They have NO JURISDICTION. Will be overturned, if passed.

They don't understand the concept of jurisdiction.
The Feds have jurisdiction over immigration and naturalization.

Arizona's law got shot down over jurisdiction.

They think they can pass a law to prohibit anything (see baggy pants).

They can't..

[Igel]

5. Depends how they do it and why.

There's a fingerprint requirement for suspects booked. This goes to DHS for verification. It's a federal program that some states are treating as voluntary. The description in the OP is ambiguous, but might well cover this. Passed as law in 2001 or 2003, started actual implementation of "Secure Communities" under * in '06 or '07, and it's been ramped up recently under Obama. Enjoy.

Arizona's law went beyond Secure Communities. It said that anybody pulled over could (or should) have his/her immigration status verified, and included turning the suspect over to DHS. Secure Communities doesn't do this: It's not criminalizing illegal presence inside the US, it's an attempt to check to make sure that criminals (even if just suspected, with reason) are deported.

The business about checking immigration status before issuing DLs might likewise be implementing a federal requirement, this time of the Real ID Act. Again, I can't tell from the OP.

Saying that the provisions are obviously illegal when they may not just be legal but be required by the Obama administration seems a bit over the top. It's best just to point out that if they're not done right they'll be struck down, and respecting jurisdictional lines is part of "doing it right."

[struggle4progress]

3. About 2/5 of Texas is Hispanic: typically, they vote 60-70% Democratic. If Rs push Juan Crow,

I bet they'll piss off Texas Hispanics


Anti-immigrant policies bad for Texas economy
By Veronica Flores-Paniagua/Express-News
Published 11:16 p.m., Friday, January 7, 2011
... lawmakers had best listen to San Antonio restaurateur Louis Barrios. He cautions that policies that make it harder for businesses to grow the state's economy, as any legislation that makes the state seem unwelcoming to immigrants would do, will harm not only Texas, but the nation, too ... Occasionally supporting a Democratic candidate, he's a three-time donor to Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaigns and, in recent years, contributor to Republicans U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, U.S. Rep. Francisco Canseco and presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain. In short, Barrios' GOP credentials are solid ... Another figure stood out, too: Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business, a powerful special-interest group that typically aligns itself with Republicans. Hammond's message to lawmakers was simple: leave immigration enforcement to the feds ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Anti-immigrant-policies-bad-for-Texas-economy-945007.php

[Luciferous]

4. Yeah, I don't think this is going to go over well in Texas...