Found another immigration bill in Arkansas. It is being presented by Representative Medley. It's actually a Resolution that will be sent to the US Government, but it does have some importance. Medley is one of the 17 members of the committee on Public Health that voted for HB1024, which denies state contract to illegals.
Most of the language of HR1003 is good, but unfortunately it also includes support for a Guest Worker Program. I would suggest calling Medley and the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and asking them to remove the sections of the bill that advocate a Guest Worker Program and make HR 1003 a compromise. I've highlighted the parts that need to be changed in red. Rick Green, who wrote HB1024, is also on the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs.
HR 1003 is on the agenda for 01/26 (tommorrow) at 9:00am in Room 151.
House Committee on State Agencies and
Governmental Affairs Members:
Rep. Jeff Wood, ChairRep. Rick Saunders, Vice ChairRep. David Evans Rep. Robert Jeffrey Rep. Horace HardwickRep. Denny SumpterRep. Daryl PaceRep. Mark Pate Rep. Eric Harris Rep. Marilyn Edwards Rep. Rick GreenRep. Pam Adcock Rep. Steve Harrelson Rep. Earnest Brown
Rep. Eddie Cheatham Rep. Lance Reynolds Rep. Buddy Lovell Rep. Clark Hall Rep. Charolette Wagner Rep. Dan Greenberg
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*JDF055* 01-22-2007 13:55 JDF055
State of Arkansas 1
86th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2007 HR 1003 3
By: Representative Medley
HOUSE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND 9 THE CONGRESS TO SECURE OUR NATION’S BORDERS (AND 10 TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY.) 11
Subtitle
REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONGRESS TO SECURE OUR NATION’S BORDERS AND TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY.
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the federal government to secure its borders and protect the security of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the growing number of illegal aliens currently in the United States demonstrates that existing immigration laws and enforcement measures are not sufficient to stop illegal aliens from crossing our borders; and
WHEREAS, the failure of federal immigration law and practices to adequately address illegal immigration causes a drain on limited state resources for Arkansas’ educational, social services, judicial, law enforcement, and penal systems, and thereby causing an economic hardship on the State of Arkansas and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the failure of federal immigration law and practices causes our citizens to question, if the federal government cannot secure our borders from illegal immigration, how can our nation secure its borders to protect its citizens from foreign terrorism and the importation of illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, the failure of federal immigration law and practices has caused Arkansas citizens and the citizens of other states to look to state and local government to solve immigration problems that can only be adequately addressed by a comprehensive and vigorous federal effort to secure our borders and to provide foreign workers and visitors reasonable access to
our country,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
That the members of the House of Representatives respectfully request that President George W. Bush and the members of Congress take swift action to enhance and enforce federal immigration law in order to provide a comprehensive national resolution to the illegal immigration problem that exists in Arkansas and throughout the nation, and that federal action
include, but not be limited to:
(1) Securing our nation’s borders by stopping unlawful entry that is now made by many means of transportation;
(2) Developing a guest worker program that efficiently and quickly processes applicants for guest worker status while adequately screening applicants for criminal backgrounds and employability;
(3) Developing a guest worker taxation system that, in addition to emergency services, would be used to provide limited basic health care services to guest workers;
(4) Cooperating with and assisting other countries in developing procedures and databases in those countries necessary for criminal background checks, the listing of each citizenship held, the employment skills, and the educational background of a visitor or immigrant to the United States; and
(5) Cooperating with the State of Arkansas and other states in order to address current problems faced in the states by the illegal immigration that now exists.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon adoption of this resolution, the Chief HR1003 3 01-22-2007 13:55 Clerk of the House of Representatives shall forward copies of this resolution to President George W. Bush, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the President of the United States Senate, and to all the members of the Arkansas congressional delegation with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record.
10 comments:
Come on people, we have to do something for all those already here. We CAN'T ship them all back. Be realistic about this. You may not want them here, but they are, so we need to find some way to document them to keep up with them.
We can send illegals back by attrition and enforcement. The complaints about how much it will cost America are nothing compared to the cost of having illegals here. People don't want illegals here, except for some crooked sweatshops in America and those who want to destroy the American Culture.
Further more, a Guest Worker Program is not a way to document illegals to keep up with them. It will only encourage more immigrants enter a country with an already broken immigration system.
I support Guest worker program, as far as criminal record checked what ever time that perwson is in USA. Tax paid for 5 yrs; submitt certificate of English language.That individual should get work permit.If someone in USA is over 10 yrs paying taxes should get immidiete green card, who don't have criminal history. And also should make sure employer don't take aedvantage of these employer by exploiting them as they already been eaause of being illegal and same as immigration Att. take advantage of these people being in a situation and being in a vunerable situation person can't do anything about it.
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