MINNEAPOLIS — With Congress gridlocked on immigration issues, states have pursued their own solutions, with some offering in-state tuition and financial aid to unauthorized students and others approving more spending to enforce immigration laws.
“While Congress cannot seem to take action on immigration issues, states remain engaged in debating and solving immigration challenges, whether we are discussing services or enforcement,” state Sen. John Watkins, a Virginia Republican and co-chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ immigration task force, said in releasing a new immigrationreport during NCSL’s annual summit here this week.
States have enacted a total of 132 immigration-related laws this year, according to the report. The number is only slightly down from last year, even though some states, including immigration hot spot Texas, held no legislative session this year. Seven states approved resolutions calling on Congress or the White House to act on a variety of immigration issues from deportation policy to a general overhaul of federal laws.
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Aaaand the local taxpayers are footing the bill with higher taxes and fees.
ReplyDeleteRemember the democrats that you (not me) voted for in the previous elections?
They're the ones that are causing your jobs to flee the areas, pay, less, or cease to exist at all! They're the ones that are causing the remainder of us that do work a productive job (because it is the right thing to do) to pay higher taxes and fees plucked from dark places.
They're the ones giving money to non-producers and illegals simply to enhance their reelection chances at the next voting cycle!
Remember who you vote for and what they stand for....