Ms. Sanchez writes good columns on immigration
Kansas needs a breather on immigration debate - KansasCity.com: "Shoot ’em down like swine!
The outrageous suggestion that illegal immigrants could be dealt with like feral hogs — killed by snipers from helicopters — flew out of Kansas state Rep. Virgil Peck’s mouth and across the Internet.
Yet the vow of Rep. Lance Kinzer of Olathe to continue pushing for Arizona-like immigration bills is chilling, too, for its fiscal irresponsibility.
Peck quickly issued an apology for his gaffe, saying he was joking. Ha, ha — equating murder with target practice. So not LOL.
Meanwhile, Kinzer proclaimed he wasn’t going to take no for an answer to his scheme to have Kansas go the way of Arizona, mimicking that state’s attempts to regulate immigration. On Monday, Kinzer’s bill was tabled in committee. The bill expects police to handle immigration issues and some businesses to jump through hoops to prove the work authorization of employees, among other measures.
Peck made himself look the fool.
Kinzer’s out to brand the entire state ridiculous.
Immigration is a federal issue. Constitutional challenges to that long-held standard are working through the courts. It would be foolish for Kansas to join places like Arizona, asking for legal bills to defend such laws." By MARY SANCHEZ
The Kansas City Star
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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