Lowcountry legislators vow to fight for immigration reformBy Yvonne Wenger (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, April 17, 2008
COLUMBIA — Charleston-area legislators pledged Thursday to not give up a fight on immigration reform despite a roadblock in conference negotiations. The House and Senate are playing hardball in trying to sew up differences between their respective immigration bills. The matter, both sides agree, is too important to the public to go home without a new law that carves out enforcement powers for the state. The sticking point is over worker verification standards for private employers. Negotiations are expected to continue next week in the legislative conference committee. Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, said he recognizes the differences and the need to sort them out. More importantly, though, he said, is leaving with a plan that ensures South Carolina does not become a safe haven for illegal immigrants. At the same time, he wants to make sure the Legislature's plan treats all people in a humane fashion. Reach more in Friday's Post and Courier. |
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Posted by trying4truth on April 17, 2008 at 9:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this whole situation sickens me. the so-called "immigration issue" must make us, for yet another reason, the laughingstock of the rest of the more-developed world. the melting pot of america censuring the down-trodden from venturing to our shores, while engaging in a bankruptable, self-righteous, Holy War of our own creation? oh, but it is an election year?! fear-mongering centered on easy prey (those presumed illegal in our midst)? what about the REAL issues: overcrowded, underperforming schools (long before we began regularly hearing Spanish in our Palmetto State); budget-burgeoning state and local bureaucracies; lack of mass transit of any significance; increasing pollution of air, water, noise, etc., varieties.... or, are there other "real" issues so obscured by politicians' and institutions' rhetoric that we just can't even know them, to cite them...?