Here is whats happening in N.C. , is this going to be the national trend?

Question

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I believe that the federal government is going to have to take some action and soon!

Coragryph, Thank you for that information. I learned something new from you today.

Answer 1

Isn't it wonderful!

Those in the ivory towers of DC can start quaking in their boots...

Americans are taking their country back

One city at a time!

Answer 2

Hello my native american friend.
Here's my take on your question.
During times of plenty there is much to go around for all and everyone is welcome to sit at the table. During lean times people start looking around to find someone they can cut out of the harvest.
We are approching the lean times. The country has been in a six year drought since the election of 2000.
Fair or not fair it is what people do, it is in their nature to start looking for scapegoats.
There has been much made in the last few years about the issue of illegal immigration. It has become a major political issue. People have found their scapegoats and politicians have recognized this and to appear they are doing something about the problem, to curry favor with their voters, they climb on to the bandwagon.
And that my friend is whats happening in a nutshell.
You can see this in many of the other responses you have received to this question.

Answer 3

Coragraph - first thank you for that missing peice of the puzzle from that 1898 case.

Now, as I understand it, the cities DO NOT deny immigrants anything, that is the beauty of the legislation, they only affect those people that 'aid and abet' them. The cities are powerless to evict an illegal tenant and cannot fine an illegal homeowner but can go after any landlords who are NOT here illegally.

The clause of having all tenants register is already cleared their attorney team and I have seen others state they could find no law barring that.

Answer 4

Two different issues, and different constitutional standards.

As far as requiring that all government businesses be transacted in English, that's allowable because the government is merely regulating its own conduct. And because specific-language-ability is not a protected class under the Equal Protection clause.

However, denying services to illegal immigrants is not allowed, because Congress has already determined that states may not enact laws based on immigration status. That's exclusively a federal area. So, the laws prohibiting sales to illegal immigrants are preempted by federal Congressional authority. It's called field preemption.

Answer 5

The majority of legal ethnic immigrants to the United States, for decades and even today, has learned to speak/read English, at least to the degree they could function and contribute within our system. Are we supposed to print all of our signs, laws, menus, maps, newspapers in Mexican, Farsi, Russian, Chinese, etc.? Are we supposed to provide police who speak all of these languages? Maybe our armed forces should be made up of troops that can't understand each other as well. This is like Americans illegally immigrating to Russia and demanding that all forms of Russian communication be provided in English so that they would not have to adapt to them and learn Russian.

Answer 6

Towns are well within their rights to make rules like those. States have the right to make their own laws on immigration. The Federal government just makes laws more consistent.

Answer 7

These are areas of law making reserved to the states under the Constitution, so I disagree with Cora in principle, although any specific statute may be inartfully drafted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal recently upheld Arizona's Proposition 200 denying many services to illegals, for example.

It seems to be a national trend, already.

Answer 8

This is SMALL town America doing what the FEDS refuse to do. Hazelton PA has Allready passed a law very similar to these. There laws may even be patterned from Hazeltons.

Answer 9

Hi chief, I really like your avatar, subtle!

I also like Coragryphs answer. Answerman makes a lot of sense to me.

Answer 10

I'd love to see those kind of laws enforced in Oregon. Too bad our governor is too damn chickenshit liberal. I pray that his a55 is out on the street this fall.