Del. Pat McDonough, boisterous champion of the “Speak English” platform and career combatant of “illegal aliens,” has vowed to bring Arizona’s immigration reform legislation to Maryland if he is re-elected to office.
During a news conference he has scheduled for noon Friday, McDonough will announce his intention to introduce a bill during the Maryland General Assembly’s 2011 session that will replicate the Arizona immigration law.
The recently-approved Arizona immigration law extends and expands state law enforcement’s abilities to stop, question, detain, and eventually deport suspected illegal immigrants if they are not carrying the appropriate identification. The bill has created a national debate with opponents warning that it authorizes and empowers racial profiling, while supporters say the legislation was long overdue and only necessary because the federal government refuses to enforce immigration laws already on the books.
McDonough said he has invited Senator Russell Pearce from Arizona, the primary sponsor of the new law,
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Laws must be enforced which includes illegal aliens.
Sadly the states are left to enforce laws the federal government has ignored and refused to enforce.
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