SC House to begin work on illegal immigration bill

[Jeanfromfillmore]

SC House to begin work on illegal immigration bill
A South Carolina House panel will begin work on a bill that would require Law Enforcement officers to try to check a person's Immigration status after they're stopped or arrested. A House subcommittee will debate Thursday the measure that the Senate passed last month.
A South Carolina House panel will begin work on a bill that would require law enforcement officers to try to check a person's immigration status after they're stopped or arrested.
A House subcommittee will debate Thursday the measure that the Senate passed last month.
The bill says someone with a valid driver's license, military ID or passport would be presumed a legal resident. If officers suspect someone is in the country illegally, they would have to call Immigrations and Custom Enforcement. But a person could not be held on that suspicion.
The measure would also make it a felony to sell or produce fake IDs for illegal immigrants. It would tack a fee onto non-business, out-of-country wire transfers. And it creates a new unit to enforce illegal immigration law.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2...#ixzz1IpNPLY5L

[Jeanfromfillmore]

SC legislators debating illegal immigration
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators could give final approval to an illegal immigration bill during their wrap-up session.
Senators resumed debate Tuesday on proposed changes to existing state law that penalizes businesses for hiring illegal workers. Officials want to bring that 2008 law in line with last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on an Arizona law.
The changes would require businesses of all sizes to use the federal online E-verify program to check employees' legal status. They would also remove fines against violators and instead threaten to take away their operating licenses.
Republican senators are trying to add the changes to a bill requiring officers to try to check suspects' immigration status after a stop for another issue.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/artic...#ixzz1PHtNsnUx