Readers respond to illegal immigration bills
Interesting comments, such as "Get the ILLEGALS out of this country," to "screw u bob huff" made in response to Bethania Palma's story that ran today about Assemblyman Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, who is proposing a package of bills aimed at discouraging illegal immigration. Here's a clip of the story. Read more.
5-bill package targets illegals
Huff's legislation aimed at migrants said unlikely to pass
By Bethania Palma, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 03/15/2008 10:06:00 PM PDT
A package of Assembly bills aimed at discouraging illegal immigration is circulating the Assembly, though none of the five measures is likely to become legislation.The bills, authored by Assemblyman Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, aim to revoke the constitutional birthright to citizenship for children whose parents are not U.S. citizens and eliminate other rights for undocumented immigrants.
"Most people don't think that just because you happen to be in this country and have a baby, it should be a citizen," Huff said. "What is it that inherently entitles that person to all the rights that belong to people here legitimately?"
Harry Pachon, professor of public policy at USC, said the bills are too extreme and not well thought-out.
"It's posturing to a certain ideology that believes unauthorized immigrants are the root of all problems," he said. "Drafting draconian proposals on them is easy, because who speaks for the unauthorized immigrant?"
Comments
It's not like states have the authority to determine the qualifications for U.S. citizenship, anyway. Of course it's posturing. That's what you have to do when you have no constructive policies to offer the people.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 18, 2008 9:59 AM