The citizens of Washington State have decided to deal with illegal immigration on their own. This measure would require state and local government employees to verify identity and immigration status of every applicant for non-federally mandated public benefits, and report immigration violations, making failure to report a misdemeanor. This is similar to Arkansas Bill SB206 by Jim Holt, which failed in a Senate Committee. Since our state government is not as conservative as the one in the State of Georgia, which passed an immigration reform bill earlier this year, a state ballot initiative might be a way to pass immigration reform. It could also keep immigration reform a main issue during the 2008 election. Here is a link to the movement and the petition here:
http://wfir.org/
http://www.wfir.org/966PETITIONFAVORITE.pdf
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This issue has gotten a lot of people I know interested in illegal immigration.
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:42 p.m. EDT
Rep. Duncan Hunter: Pardon Ramos and Compean
U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean should be pardoned, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Hunter, a 2008 GOP presidential hopeful, said the prosecution of Ramos and Compean is a "great injustice,” adding that their case "called out for a pardon or commutation.” [Editor's Note: Get the US Border Cap and stand with our agents -- Go Here Now] Last October, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso, Texas, sentenced Compean to 12 years in prison and Ramos to 11 years and one day — despite a plea by their attorney for a new trial after three jurors said they were coerced into voting guilty in the case. The two agents were convicted of firing at and wounding a reportedly unarmed illegal immigrant near Fabens, Texas. The illegal was suspected of drug smuggling and was granted immunity by federal prosecutors in exchange for his testimony against the agents. Hunter testified that he had read all of the police, court, and prosecution files and further concluded that federal investigators failed to thoroughly investigate whether the illegal immigrant involved was armed at the time of the incident.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/7/17/140957.shtml?s=br
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