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Blunt seeks tougher state laws against illegal immigration; must be approvedTuesday, December 18, 2007CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt proposed a series of new state laws Monday that would crack down on illegal immigration. The measures would penalize businesses that employ illegal immigrants or transport them, and would prohibit the creation of so-called "sanctuary cities" that prohibit local police from checking immigration documents. All four of the new proposals would need approval from the legislature, and Blunt said he would press for their passage during next year's legislative session. He said the measures are necessary because the federal government has failed to overhaul immigration policy. "Our open hearts and open minds, when it comes to legal immigration, doesn't mean that we have to suspend the law," Blunt said at a news conference. One of Blunt's new measures would require public employers in the state -- like school districts or city governments -- to check the immigration status of every new hire. Blunt said the employers would be mandated to use "E-Verify," a database administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Blunt also wants to make it state crime to transport illegal immigrants for "human trafficking, drug trafficking, prostitution or illegal labor." The third measure would ban "sanctuary cities," which prohibit local police from checking the immigration status of citizens. Blunt said he didn't know of any such cities in the state. The fourth proposal would increase penalties on any contractor found to employ illegal immigrants, allowing the state to withhold up to 25 percent of any unpaid compensation if a contractor is found to employ illegal immigrants. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Thank you, Governor.
Didn't the state legislature have a special committee regarding illegal immigration that was going round the state having hearings about this very subject? These must be part of the recommendations of that committee. Now who was it that chaired that committee?
Tom - The chair of the 2006 committee was Rep. Emery. The current chair in 2007 and former vice chair in 2006 is Rep. Jerry Nolte. The full committe list is at:
http://www.house.mo.gov/bills081/commit/...
For a more complete analysis and summary of the Missouri legislature's efforts to impose additional burdens on a vast majority of Missouri businesses that comply with federal immigration laws, see:
www.weigellawoffice.com/attorneys.html
I am very glad to hear that the Governor of this stste is doing some thing for us all beside just talking like the other state governor do and do nothing about the Illegal Immigrants .