Beaufort, SC - A company that knowingly hires illegal immigrants could lose its business license under a county law given final approval Wednesday evening.
"Beaufort County Council unanimously approved the local law, dubbed the "Laawful Employment Ordinance," 9 - 0, following a public hearing. It is set to take effect January 1, 2008."
"Under the ordinance, people who apply for a county business license must sign a form verifying, under penalty of perjury, they do not knowingly employ or plan to hire an illegal immigrant. Licensed companies would be subject to county audits of their employees documentation."
The only down side that I see is why must they wait until January 1, 2008? Will this be another one of those laws that are put on the books to appease the mass majority? Does it mean they really are not serious on passing laws to protect their legal citizens? I am not really sure at this point.
"In Beaufort County, if you are Hispanic or even look Hispanic, whether you are legal or not, you can expect to be treated differently," Chris Gomez, who owns Gomes Realty Group on Hilton Head Island and is part of a coalition of businesses opposed to the ordinance."
What kind of statement is that? We do, or at least we used to have laws in this country that monitored people migrating to this country. Does it really matter where you are from? If you are here illegally then you do not belong.
Why don't we put as much emphasis on taking care of our legal immigrants as we do covering and making excuses for the illegal immigrants? They are costing each and every community more in housing, medical, education to mention a few. Our communities are being pushed to such limits that at some point the bubble will burst.
All illegal immigrants are law breakers just by the mere fact of sneaking and slithering across our borders.
Offer them no employment, no housing, no entrance into our educational system and no free medical and just maybe the majority of them will leave. Of course, it would be better if our government would do what they are supposed to, but heh!
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"In Beaufort County, if you are Hispanic or even look Hispanic, whether you are legal or not, you can expect to be treated differently," Chris Gomez
The treatment of many Hispanics is probably correct as you and many who read, and have read, your articles on this immigration problem, yet it is the same society that permits and or breaks the same laws you are speaking of, and these individuals are not all Hispanic. If you search through the parties of blame I am sure you would know that many Anglo, and or any other LEGAL citizens are also a part of this ongoing problem.
You are correct within certain points of your argument, but it is the government whether state, county, city and or national that is to blame for the inconsistent application of The Law. This country was built on the immigration of many different cultures from around the globe, but when they arrived who were the people that lived here? Do you think Texas was maybe part of Mexico and there happened to be some existing Mexican families that became LEGAL citizens? Surely there was a solution then, and surely we can come to a solution now.
If the people in place of the programs that provide the access to housing, medical, education and any other provision of OUR government would not approve and or prove these immigrants illegal then the cost would not be absorbed by us.
The problem is the provider of services, not the illegal immigrants who cross the borders. Until the Laws change this will be an ongoing dilema for everyone, including the LEGAL Hispanics who are also citizens of the United States.