Our view on illegal immigrants: New immigration laws expose downside of getting tough From: blogs.usatoday.com

Why are all the comments about this oped anti-immigrant?

When Congress gave up trying to pass a balanced immigration law last year, it opened the door for states, counties and towns to write their own immigration laws. The result has been a disquieting national experiment in handling illegal immigration almost solely with arrest and deportation.

Several states have enacted laws that show no mercy, even for immigrants with steady jobs, deep community roots, a history of paying taxes and children who are citizens. They have just one goal: Get illegals out.

As a matter of ice-cold reasoning, those states make a case that would pass any logician’s test: The law must have meaning, so if the federal government won’t act against wanton law-breaking, then the states must. Oklahoma, which has one of the toughest new laws, now bars illegal immigrants from receiving state services, requires employers to verify that new workers are legal, gives people a way to sue companies that hire illegal immigrants, and makes it a felony to transport, harbor or conceal an illegal immigrant. It was meant to be harsh, and it is.”*

*From: blogs.usatoday.com
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