Good News: Missouri Is Still For Americans July 8, 2008
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Springfield News-Leader :
Blunt promotes new immigration bill
Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Monday that creates new restrictions on illegal immigrants and new requirements for businesses that employ them.
Blunt said the new law puts Missouri “on the vanguard” of states working to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Under the immigration legislation, applicants for food stamps, housing and other public benefits will need to prove they are U.S. citizens or are legally in the country; the Highway Patrol will need to seek special federal immigration training; commercial driver’s license tests will be given in English with no translation assistance; and cities would risk some state aid and grants if community leaders adopt policies to not cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
What was compromised out of the bill were provisions that would have punished businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens. Barring that, this is a pretty good bill, and it would have been even better if the businesses provision were left in. If they know that they can’t get, then they won’t try to sneak in to begin with. Making it less attractive for them to be here, even in ways that don’t actually involve actual law enforcement against the persons of illegal aliens, works even better than border walls and a militarized border.
The final topper would be the resurgence of organized labor, even in industries that aren’t traditionally thought of as “union shops.” That way, all the illegal aliens in the world wouldn’t depress salaries and wages.
