A precedent has been set in the legal struggle against illegal immigration
by Jeff Davis
In the absence of any serious federal attempt to control America’s borders or halt the massive flow of illegal Third World immigrants into the country, a number of brave local mayors and small towns across America have attempted to get a handle on the problem on a purely local level by passing city ordinances requiring local police and sheriff’s departments to enforce existing immigration laws, penalizing landlords who rent to illegals and penalizing employers who hire illegals. For the first time, the struggle to save what is left of our country from the illegal invasion has reached the state level. Oklahoma has decided to take on the problem that George W. Bush and his cabal of neocons refuse to stop.
According to the http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/state/news532.txt: “Legislation described as the nation’s most sweeping attempt to deny jobs and public benefits to illegal immigrants was sent to Gov. Brad Henry’s desk Tuesday. State lawmakers urged Henry to sign the measure into law after it was approved in a bipartisan 84-14 vote by the state House. The bill was approved 41-6 by the Senate last month. The people of Oklahoma are very strongly for this bill,’ said House Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah.Immigrant groups said the bill is a wrong-headed approach to stop illegal immigration and urged Henry to veto it. ‘It’s not going to control immigration. It’s going to create a long-term sour view in the Latino community,’ said Ed Romo, vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. It’s targeting the Latinos, the Hispanics, and nobody else,’ said Ed Madrid, state director of LULAC… Pat Fennell, executive director of the Latino Community Development Agency in Oklahoma City, said the state does not have the authority to supersede federal immigration law. ‘It opens the door for all kinds of litigation,’ Fennell said. ‘We’re going to be paying the consequences of this… bill.’” In other words, if the governor signs it, the liberals are going to try to do what they always do, go running to the courts to get what they can’t get through the electoral and legislative process.
The governor appears to be running around like a chicken with his head cut off in an effort to cover his butt. The http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/state/news532.txt notes: “Henry, who has previously said he believes illegal immigration is a federal issue, has not decided whether he will sign or veto the measure, a spokesman said… ‘Gov. Henry supports responsible and effective immigration reform, but he will withhold judgment on this particular bill until he has had an opportunity to review the final version,’communications director Paul Sund said.”
This is known as waffling while the boss decides which pressure group to be more afraid of. The right thing to do, stopping the illegals is backed by a large majority in his state. Yet like most politicians, he is afraid of liberal activist groups who screech incessantly whenever their side loses.
The fact the legislature has voted for this bill is extremely significant. A precedent has been set, and as more and more Americans demand that something be done, there will be other tries in other states. The thing about the immigration issue is that it is HERE, now, and people SEE it. It’s not like Iraq, something that appears on television and you can just change the channel. They say that gluttony is “the obvious vice.” Well, Immigration is the obvious national problem. It is simply no longer possible for most Americans not to understand. Ordinary Americans are not willing to sit idly by while everything they have worked for is simply handed over to foreigners. Local politicians are reacting to massive pressure from the public. How much longer can Congress and the president ignore the will of the people?