Does An AZ Alien Law Loom For PA?

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-12 ) said he will introduce tomorrow a bill that will give Pennsylvania police the same powers in dealing with illegal aliens that the controversial Arizona law has given state and local law enforcement in that state.

The Arizona law — State Bill 1070 if you are so inclined to look it up — does not, despite claims by certain prominent people, allow police to stop people and random and ask for identification.

It simply requires them to check on their immigration status if they are unable to produce acceptable identification i.e. a driver’s license during a lawful contact, which will soon be changed to an even more restrictive “stop, detain or arrest” standard.

Of course it does other things to such as make it a state felony to knowingly smuggle people for profit or to attempt to hire people for work from a highway.

If you don’t feel like looking it up here’s a link to a pdf of the AZ SB 1070 .

If Metcalfe really wanted to make liberals dance around like headless hens he should submit a bill based on Mexico’s immigration law.

 

 

Does An AZ Alien Law Loom For PA?

 

Does An AZ Alien Law Loom For PA?

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  1. Mexican President Felipe Calderon called an Arizona law giving state and local police the authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants “racial discrimination.”
    He promised to use all means at his disposal to defend Mexican nationals against a law he called a “violation of human rights.”

    But the legislation, signed April 23 by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, mirrors “Reglamento de la Ley General de Poblacion” — the General Law on Population enacted in Mexico in April 2000, which mandates that federal, local and municipal police cooperate with federal immigration authorities in that country in the arrests of illegal immigrants.

    Under the Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Immigrants who are deported and attempt to re-enter can be imprisoned for 10 years. Visa violators can be sentenced to six-year terms. Mexicans who help illegal immigrants are considered criminals.

    The law also says Mexico can deport foreigners who are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” violate Mexican law, are not “physically or mentally healthy” or lack the “necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents.

    The Mexicans are way ahead of us.

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