Three states may pass immigration laws similar to Arizona’s law

  As the federal government readies its case against Arizona’s new controversial immigration law, three more states appear to be on the verge of passing immigration laws that are similar to Arizona’s law.

   Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah are in the process of writing immigration laws that are similar to the now federally contested Arizona immigration law and they all feel that when their legislative sessions begin in 2011 that there is a very good chance they will pass these laws. There are also seventeen other states that are preparing similar laws to Arizona, but as of right now it appears as if these bills will not become law. 

  While the Obama regime appears to be headed in the opposite direction, more and more people want to see the problem of illegal immigration addressed– and they are not interested in amnesty. People are sick and tired of illegal immigrants sneaking over the border and this is being reflected in the bills that are in process in many of these states.

  Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah have already enacted laws that crack down on illegal immigrants and the people who employ them, the next logical move for these states is to enact legislation that will do what the federal government is unwilling to do; crack down on illegal immigration.

  Below is a brief summary of laws that were recently enacted in these three states.

Oklahoma:

adopting legislation that makes it a felony to knowingly transport or shelter an illegal immigrant. It also blocked illegal immigrants from obtaining driver’s licenses and in-state tuition

South Carolina:

legislation forced businesses to check the immigration status of their workers. Harboring and transporting illegal immigrants also became a state crime.

 Utah:

A Utah law that took effect last year made it illegal to harbor or employ undocumented workers

  Stopping employers from hiring illegal aliens, and making it illegal to deal in immigrant smuggling are great first steps that these states have taken, but they do not go far enough and because of this all of these states are looking to implement laws that are similar to Arizona’s new law.

  This is going to set up a showdown between the Obama regime and not only Arizona, but several other states who are fed up with the federal government’s refusal to take this issue seriously.

  When Arizona was the only state to challenge federal authority the Obama regime could easily claim that Arizona was a rogue state that passed a “misguided” immigration law, but with more states lining up behind Arizona the focus will begin to turn to the federal government and their unwillingness– and almost criminal neglect– of the federal immigration laws that they are charged with upholding.

  Battle lines are being drawn in the sand between the states and the federal government. We are reaching a critical time on the issue of illegal immigration. Will the laws be upheld or will they be ignored as they have been in the past?

  We all know that the Obama regime wants to pass a bill that includes amnesty for these criminals, but as the economy worsens and American citizens are losing jobs to illegal immigrants, even people who have supported amnesty in the past are beginning to realize that America cannot allow illegal immigrants to come to this country to fill the jobs that “Americans are unwilling to do” because as jobs become harder to find they are learning the truth; when it comes to feeding their families, there are no jobs the American people are not willing to do if only they had a chance and these jobs were not being stolen by people who do not belong here.

  All the polls show that a vast majority of the people support Arizona, yet the Obama regime is opposed to Arizona– and theoretically all of those states that will soon take action similar to Arizona.

  One has to begin to wonder which side the Obama regime is on– does he side with the American people or does he side with the illegal immigrants? That is a rhetorical question, we all know which side Barack Obama is on, and it isn’t the side that most Americans are standing on.

  I welcome the Obama regime’s challenge to the Arizona immigration law, even though I think the Obama regime will win this challenge, because this challenge highlights the regime’s position on this issue better than any of us right wing, potential domestic terrorist bloggers ever could. And I applaud these three states for not backing down– and in fact, moving forward– in the face of a potential threat of a lawsuit by the Obama regime.