News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Monday, May 22, 2006

GOP border bill may go right to voters

The Associated Press
Published: 05.22.2006

A state lawmaker is pushing to put a wide-ranging immigration proposal on November's ballot, a tactic that Republican operatives predict could boost their party's chances in an election year.

Republican Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa, the Legislature's leading advocate for limiting immigration, has been working for weeks with members of his party to forge an immigration bill that they could send to Gov. Janet Napolitano.

But now Pearce, who doubts the governor would sign the bill, is pushing to bypass the governor and take the issue directly to the voters.

Eighteen months ago, Arizona voters approved Proposition 200, a law that denied government benefits to illegal immigrants. The vote is considered a reflection of voter frustration over Arizona's role as the nation's busiest illegal entry point.

posted by missionaryman | 7:40 AM

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