Immigration group takes issue with Montana’s proposed referendum

By   /   April 18, 2011  /   3 Comments

By Michael Noyes

HELENA – A proposed referendum to require proof of citizenship to receive some state services in Montana has drawn the attention of a national immigration organization.

On Thursday the Immigration Policy Center, a research and policy center headquartered in Washington, D.C., issued a media release that said such a move would be “costly and unworkable.”

“The true costs associated are unknown because the damage to the state’s reputation and economy through lost tourism and business aren’t calculable until after the fact,” according to the release.

House Bill 638 is sponsored by Rep. David Howard, R-Park City. Howard said the measure is proactive.

“Arizona has a catastrophic problem with illegal immigration,” due to the lack of enforcement on the issue by the federal government, Howard said. “If Montana doesn’t step forward and do what we can, we’re going to be in the same place someday.”

Additionally, Howard said the move ties into Republican lawmakers’ top priority, jobs, and said not enforcing the law would make lawmakers derelict in their duties.

“I’m trying to protect Montanans,” Howard said. “It becomes a jobs bill for Montanans.”

In an email to Montana Watchdog, American Immigration Council Communications Director Wendy Sefsaf said the move would actually hurt Montana’s economy.

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3 Comments

  1. D. Porter says:

    The so-called “Immigration Policy Center” is just another bunch of cheap labor pimps funded by ultra-liberal anti-American foundations. Pay them no mind.

    Illegal aliens are criminals and parasites, one and all. Practically everything they do on U.S. soil is illegal. They need to be ferreted out, rounded up like cattle, punished for their numerous crimes, then booted back to whence they snuck in from with such extreme prejudice that they will never, ever think of violating our sovereignty again. Build a wall and deport ‘em all. Enough is enough.

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  2. Illegals Suck says:

    Why does anyone even listen to racist organizations such as the Immigration Policy Center or Pew Hispanic Org. They are totally biased towards open borders and amnesty for illegals, so of course they will spew nonsense like in their media release. States may lose some in tourism and such but gain when illegals leave the states, by no longer having to pay benefits for the anchors, incarcertation costs, education costs, etc. I believe the savings by getting rid of the illegals is far greater than losing a convention or two. Personally, I am more apt to spend my vacation $ in places that enforce our immigration laws.

  3. Brittanicus says:

    No need to deport as the cost would be enormous; not that matters to Washington? The demand from TEA PARTY Senators and Congressman of the newly revised, E-Verify that will detect illegal aliens in the workplace will enforce the 1986 Reagan law. Nobody is to be exempt–longtime employees and new hires will be verified; Attrition by enforcement! Severe fines of companies who scorn the law, including business asset confiscation and imprisonment; not house arrest, but placement in the general prison population. Just because you own a business, doesn’t mean you can hire illegal labor? Fact is they are stealing employment, from the ten million Americans out of work. They have families to feed, mortgages to pay and so there should be zero tolerance for this heinous criminal issue. Auditing of companies should be stepped up and those caught red-handed, should be imprisoned as an example of not less than one to five years. No more slap on the wrist, but be held accountable. TO ME THAT’S A FELONY? IN FACT ENTERING AMERICA WITHOUT PERMISSION SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A FELONY.

    As thousands of illegal alien families are leaving Arizona, so the price to support them there is going down. Medicaid payments for economic non-citizens will be receding, including the costs for education, health-Care and prison cells, which is the States portion of the obligation. Hundreds of millions will be saved, even a billion or so. Utah–The sanctuary State of California, Nevada can least afford it, with the Golden State bordering on a 24 Billion dollar insolvency. Those lax States are financially seem unconnected to the honest population, will find the U-haul’s and trucks crossing the State line hoping for a new refuge? They certainly won’t be heading for Georgia, but they could easily go northwards to Oregon or Washington, if State legislators approve driver’s licenses for illegal aliens. Assuredly, New Mexico that has just canceled enactment of a bill to deny driver’s licenses will get their share of economic refugees from Arizona.

    Other States where citizens and permanent resident’s rights are sold to the highest bidder will also see crowds of foreign national families arriving there. The fact is today through rampant incompetence of both political parties covering decades. The invasion has allowed by sheer neglect, attributing to the damaging US treasury deficit, that is destroying America. Households may have two parents that have been allowed to stay, because a newborn baby has received instant citizenship under the misinterpreted 14th Amendment. Over time other illegal family members have stolen across the body living in the same likely Section 8 housing. Few lawmakers have dared declare they are anti-illegal immigrant as they cringe against the Leftist “Political Correctness” garbage of the racial bigotry. But that’s the only agenda the Left has got, because they cannot fight the massive costs presented to them.

    But a few brave political advocates are not being deceived, by the gaping border fence and are now enacting laws to stem the continuous influx of illegal migrants, immigrants, criminals and almost certainly murdering terrorists. Last week, Rep. Bilbray R-CA) added his name to the list of co-sponsors for the Nuclear Priority Act that would end chain migration and the CLEAR Act that would require collaboration between local law enforcement agents and federal agents in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Ordinary working people are informing ICE of employers who are hiring illegal aliens and as the job market gets even rougher “Whistle blowers” will come out of the woodwork to report suspicious goings on? The TEA PARTY will not abide the liberal court system or the Leftist Czars hidden in the Department of InJustice. They are using unconstitutional means for clandestine amnesties, Immigration Reform, Sanctuary States or anything that has the obnoxious stench of Amnesty.

    Read about illegal alien widespread Tax fraud at http://www.thesocialcontract.com/ the Pdf file “Illegal Aliens and American Medicine.” http://tinyurl.com/o6r27 and the report “DRAINING AMERICA INTO POVERTY” at http://tinyurl.com/3mv3vzm These are reports that the Leftists, US Government Czars and radical open border zealots or lobbyists prefer you didn’t see.

    The Tea Party has a propagating foothold in the Republican Party, as thousands every day of every party affiliation is joining. The Tea Party lawmakers will not tolerate raising the debt ceiling in the US budget, to support the 20 million plus illegal alien families using the birthright baby law to gain a foothold in America. Thousands will keep coming until the American people demand the real fences be constructed and every tool available is used to stop this invasion. Want truthful answers, to your question of costs and so much more, view NumbersUSA website.

    The Tax code as it is now Creates Inequality

    it’s time that US lawmakers implemented a flat tax for everybody. The tax code is so full of fraud, so full of loopholes that corporations like General Electric, Google pay nothing; Oil companies, the sugar industry gets massive subsidies; some politician, wealthy people and corporations slip past our IRS masters, by hiding money in tax havens overseas. If everybody paid according to what they brought, sold all consumers would pay their fair share. Just like US citizens and legal residents, the average US taxpayer are forced by laws, to pay for the support of foreign nationals illegally settled here. In 2012 we must vote for a Tea Party president and a Tea party Senate and Congressman.

    We also have a growing crisis America, when illegal aliens are voting in our elections.

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