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ST. LOUIS, Missouri -- Gov. Matt Blunt is taking action where Washington has failed as he announced additional steps in his plan to fight illegal immigration. The governor’s plan would ban the creation of sanctuary cities in Missouri, require all public employers to use a legal worker verification system, impose new monetary sanctions against contractors who hire illegal immigrants and criminalize the transportation of illegals.
“Enforcing immigration laws should be primarily federal responsibility, but Washington has failed to act which means Missouri must make up for Washington’s failure and protect Missouri against illegal immigration,” Gov. Blunt said. “While I strongly support lawful immigration and Missouri welcomes legal immigrants, I have taken significant steps to fight illegal activity in Missouri. Under my plan, no city in Missouri will give sanctuary to illegals, we will verify the legal employment status of every public employee, contractors will forfeit large sums of money if they hire illegal workers and transporting an illegal immigrant will be a crime. We may not have the support of the Congressional leadership in Washington, but with the support of Missouri’s General Assembly we will enact some of the nation’s toughest laws to fight illegal immigration and further protect Missourians from this threat.”
Posted by tyne at December 18, 2007