Critics of the bill, such as Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, said immigration enforcement is a federal job, done by the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency. "State and local police are not charged with enforcing federal immigration legislation."
But Mr. Metcalfe said federal authorities have done a poor job of finding and deporting illegal immigrants and the state has the right to defend itself, as Arizona is doing.
It's difficult to know how many illegal immigrants are in Pennsylvania at any one time, but Mr. Metcalfe put the estimate at 140,000. He maintained they are costing state taxpayers at least $700 million a year in unnecessary costs for educating the children of illegal immigrants plus costs of welfare benefits, jail cells, health care, day care and food stamps.
Mr. Readshaw said he's glad that other legislators are finally "taking notice and taking a stand and working to cut back on the serious financial drain that illegal aliens cause to Pennsylvania taxpayers every year."
Pennsylvania legislators hope to mirror Arizona's immigration bill. Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau.
Then there's a post over at Scared Monkeys: Only in America do you get Judges who block laws against Illegal Activities … Federal judge James Munley blocks PA town crackdown on illegal immigrants
Take a good look at what this Federal judge did in blocking the city of Hazleton from enforcing a pair of ordinances targeting illegal immigrants. Key word here would be "illegal".
U.S. District Judge James Munley ruled that landlords, tenants and businesses that cater to Hispanics faced "irreparable harm" from the laws and issued a temporary restraining order blocking their enforcement. (Yahoo News [iCyte])
So now we have "judicial activism" determining what illegal activity is ok and which is not. Why do we have laws at all? Which laws are ok to break and which one [sic] require jail time?
If you think illegal immigration is still illegal, check out this petition:
Enact Immigration Enforcement Laws In Pennsylvania
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