Arkansas support for Guest Workers on agenda for 01/31/07

Sorry about the late notice, I got sick yesterday. HR1003 is on the agenda for tommorrow. It may or may not be presented. HR1003 is the bill that demands the federal government enforce immigration laws but also request a guest worker program. Here's the agenda from the Arkansas website.

AGENDA
House Committee on State Agencies and
Governmental Affairs
86th General Assembly
Regular Session, 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
10:00 AM
Room 151, State Capitol
Little Rock, Arkansas

REGULAR AGENDA
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1225 Lamoureux AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.

HR1003 Medley REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONGRESS TO SECURE OUR NATION S BORDERS AND TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY.

HB1286 Lamoureux TO ADD A MEMBER TO THE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOR THE ARKANSAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER.

SCR3 Critcher TO COMMEND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROMOTING WORLD HEALTH AND TO SUPPORT ITS BID TO OBTAIN OBSERVER STATUS IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

HB1320 Ragland TO MODERNIZE THE PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY TREASURER.

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Also, I have asked around about the Mexican Consulate and got this in my email:

It was in the "Our Town: Little Rock notebook" section of the dem gaz on 1/17: "Residents and shopkeepers in the neighborhood around UALR are invited to a community workshop January 31st. The workshop begins at 7 PM at the Bailey Alumni Center at 28th and Campus Drive West." This is about the University District Partnership, and presenting consultant's vision. See: http://www.ualr.edu/communityengagement/universitydistrict.asp. When you click into the various screens, you can see area defined with businesses, Mexican Consulate, absentee ownership (with area of missing detail) info on city sponsored redevelopment/Tif district, who the participants are, etc.. Why I even brought it up to you was the Consulate.

I wanted to attend this but UALR announced that all facilities would be shut down at 5pm. I assume that the community workshop was also cancelled.