Bronco wrote:Don't forget to wish bad things to happen to your fellow Americans in Georgia and Alabama.
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Alabama governor signs tough new immigration law
Thursday, June 09, 2011 4:55:48 PM · by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears · 36 replies
CNN ^ | June 9, 2011 | CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Alabama's governor has signed what he billed as tough illegal immigration legislation, requiring police to check the status of anyone they suspect may be in the country illegally when stopped for another reason. The bill, due to take effect on September 1, was signed into law by Republican Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday. Its passage makes Alabama the latest in a series of states, including Georgia and Arizona, to enact new laws.
The law requires proof of legal residence on the job, at school and when obtaining state benefits.
It also allows police to arrest anyone on reasonable suspicion they are in the country illegally, requires courts to void contracts involving undocumented immigrants and requires employers to use the federal E-Verify system to check applicants' legal status
State Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, who sponsored the new law with state Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, said it will not have the broad effects that critics predict.
"There will be no profiling," he said. "We will not tolerate that. We welcome legal immigrants with open arms. But we can no longer have two separate societies, one that follows the law and one living below the law."
Supporters of the new law say they recognize the U.S. is a nation of immigrants.
"However, illegal immigrants have become a drain on our state resources and a strain on our taxpaying, law-abiding citizens," said Bill Armistead, Alabama Republican Party chairman.
