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State Executive Committee takes stand on immigration
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 11:04The State GOP Executive Committee met in Columbia this past weekend and passed a resolution on the immigration issue currently being debated in the State House. The following is a copy of the resolution:
WHEREAS:
The South Carolina Republican Party is on record opposing illegal immigration; and
WHEREAS:
The South Carolina Legislature is currently debating immigration issues; and
WHEREAS:
The procedure for verifying the employment eligibility of newly hired employees is critical to the security of our State.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
The State Executive Committee of the South Carolina Republican Party calls for the South Carolina Legislature to utilize the E-Verify system within our proud State of South Carolina.
Unanimously approved by the State Executive Committee of the South Carolina Republican Party.
I urge you to contact your state legislators and remind them that the state party has taken a stand on this issue and that we need REAL reform when it comes to verifying whether or not employees are working legally in our state. And the E-Verify system, (which matches people to Social Security numbers), is the best way.
Follow @DrewMcKissickRepublicans should speak out on immigration reform
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 12:48
In case you haven't noticed, the legislature has been debating an immigration reform bill for some time now. The bill wouldhopefully, (among other things),crack down onemployers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. Seems like it should be pretty simple, right? Guess again.
The sticking pointis over what method of identification the state should mandate that employers use to verify whether or note their employees are here legally. Those who want stricter enforcement want to require either a valid SC driver's licnese or to have the names and social security numbers submitted to the federal government's new E-Verify database. Others (such as the Chamber of Commerce) want to be allowed to continue to use the currentmethod, (submitting a federal I-9 form).
I think it's safe to saythat weneed a law that sets a higher standard when it comes to verifying whether or not an employee is in this country legally, because it's obvious the current method doesn't work.
Follow @DrewMcKissickWho Pays for Amnesty?
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 23:00Quick history quiz. Who said the following: "This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3 million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another amnesty bill like this."? That was Ted Kennedy on the floor of the US Senate in 1986, pushing for legislation that successfully granted amnesty to several million illegal aliens that year.
There you have a good example of why the word "amnesty" is such a hot-button with politicians and the American public. Because the only thing that bill did successfully was grant amnesty.
Ted Kennedy's promises of "securing the border" notwithstanding, we've since had another twelve to twenty million illegals sneak into our country. So here comes the amnesty crowd once again, claiming that without it our country will suffer plagues of uncut grass and unpicked cabbage.
A Consensus on Immigration
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 09/14/2006 - 23:00Congress is back in session and the battle over immigration reform has resumed.
For the past month or so, GOP House members have taken the issue on the road and held town hall meetings discussing the topic in congressional districts all across the country. What has been confirmed by such meetings is that a true consensus of public opinion does exist on the immigration issue. More specifically, that the majority of the American people want better enforcement of our borders and our current immigration laws. Further, they are opposed to laws that reward illegal behavior.
Will the GOP Commit Suicide?
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 05/31/2006 - 23:00Can the House Republicans hold out against calls to pass the Senate's version of immigration reform? Will Speaker Dennis Hastert keep his pledge never to bring legislation to the floor that doesn't have support of a majority of the House Republican caucus? Will the White House pull out all the stops in pressuring House members to support the Senate version? Will real conservatives draw a line in the sand and say "stop"?
These are all questions whose answers will determine whether the Republicans maintain control of one or both houses of Congress this fall. Whether or not Nancy Pelosi becomes the next Speaker of the House. Whether or not Charlie Rangel and Jack Murtha get to initiate impeachment hearings against George Bush. Whether or not we have a Senate majority that will continue to make some progress on judicial appointments or perhaps confirm another conservative Justice to the Supreme Court.
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