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Posted on: May 1st, 2008
Filed Under: [ Immigration ] [ Politics ] [ Louisiana ]
Tags: crime
Knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant in Louisiana would be a state crime punishable by up to a year in jail, under legislation approved Wednesday by the House Criminal Justice Committee.
Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, included language in his bill providing a possible defense: Those arrested for the crime could argue that they were helping someone who may have lost a visa or was in the process of renewing or obtaining a visa. That was an effort aimed at blunting opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and other entities that help immigrants regardless of their legal status.”*
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