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| Prop. 200 now law in Arizona |
| 2004-12-23 |
| A federal judge on Wednesday lifted an order barring Proposition 200 from becoming law, clearing the way for state, county and municipal employees to immediately start reporting to immigration authorities suspected undocumented immigrants seeking public benefits. U.S. District Judge David Bury's decision allowed Gov. Janet Napolitano to issue an executive order enacting the controversial voter-approved legislation Wednesday afternoon. The decision left some municipal officials across the Valley and state scrambling to prepare workers who will be required to ask all who apply for public welfare benefits for proof of citizenship. Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the legal advocacy group that sued to stop the government from enforcing the initiative, plan to appeal the decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco today or Monday. But state officials vowed that the law will go into effect and said workers will be equipped to deal with the new reporting requirements. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 What's this "proof of citizenship" crap? Legal resident non-citizens still have full benefits. This is only about illegally. But the MSM will spin this as anti-immigration bigotry. |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-12-23 3:35:04 PM |
| #3 I am pleasantly surprised this wasn't lawyered to death like Prop 167(?) in CA. However, this won't affect one the biggest budget killers, illegal aliens crossing the border to use emergency hospitals. One step at a time. Put up the Friendship Fence and the Friendship Minefield. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-12-23 12:54:11 PM |
| #2 ..clearing the way for state, county and municipal employees to immediately start reporting to immigration authorities suspected undocumented immigrants seeking public benefits. The question is, will "immigration authorities" actually act upon these reports? Something's telling me the answer is a big "No". |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-23 12:50:36 PM |
| #1 So what if they ask if someone is a citizen before giving them welfare benefits? My husband gets asked that all the time for non-governmental services here in Arizona, and he doesn't bitch about it. (Try getting an apartment, power services, phone, etc without a social security number....) |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-12-23 12:44:31 PM |