NC to Consider Arizona-Inspired Immigration Bill
North Carolina joins 17 other states considering immigration legislation similar to the law Arizona recently passed, which is designed to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants.
Sen. Don East (R - Surry) has introduced a resolution in the North Carolina state senate to pass immigration legislation that would criminalize not carry immigration documents and would give police the power to detain anyone they suspect is in the country illegally -- turning them over to immigration officers.
"I think the states have the right and the legal and moral right to see after their own if the federal gov will not, and in this particular case the federal government has not." East said.
Sen. East proposed the legislation because he says illegal immigrants put a burden on state services. He also says he was appalled when Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the Arizona's immigration law during a recent visit to the U.S.
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