Kansas House committee votes against advancing illegal immigration measure :: The Republic: "A Kansas House committee has voted against a measure aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration by requiring police to check the legal status of people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally.
The House Judiciary Committee on Monday voted down the measure that would also require governments to run citizenship checks on new hires and require proof of citizenship for anyone seeking public aid.
State Rep. Pat Colloton, a Leawood Republican, has been critical of the measure. She told The Kansas City Star that the bill could still resurface, but that it needs to be more narrowly written. "I think there's serious constitutional problems with it," Colloton said. "I absolutely think that the police stopping people on reasonable suspicion is an invitation to racial profiling.""
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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