Federal bill would make it a crime to aid illegal immigrants. Whoa this is news to me.

“As Congress wrestles with how to control illegal immigration, local immigrant activists are slamming a U.S. House bill they fear could send social workers, church leaders and landlords to prison for helping undocumented foreigners.
“It’s not just immigrant rights that are at stake anymore, it’s all citizens’ rights that are at stake,” said Ali Noorani, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The get-tough bill would make it a crime for people to help illegal immigrants remain in the country and make illegal entry a felony — reforms illegal immigration foes welcome. “

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