A number of bills were proposed in the current regular session of the State
Legislature to stem the tide of illegal aliens in Louisiana. After
amendment by House committees some bills would be ineffective.
Louisiana citizens are urged to contact their state Legislators in both the
House of Representatives and State Senate requesting that they amend the
bills on the floor of the legislature, or, if unsuccessful in amending vote
against the proposed bill.
HB 25
- Verification of citizenship upon arrest
Request amendment by adding the following: "For the purpose of
determining the grant or of issuance of bond, it shall be a reasonable
presumption that a person whose citizenship status has been verified
pursuant to this law to be a foreign alien who has not been lawfully
admitted to the United States is at risk of flight."
Such
an amendment to HB 25 will prevent illegal
aliens from being released on bond and subsequently not appearing in court
hence remaining at large. If the law requires to
verify status, and if that status proves to be illegal, than the law
should prohibit release on bond to be effective. The purpose of the
proposed law is to verify citizenship upon arrest and if status is illegal
to notify the Department of Homeland Security. If released on bond the
illegal alien hence will not be available to DHS. Without this
provision the proposed law will be ineffective and request you vote against
approval if not amended.
HB 1357 & HB 1358 - Crime of harboring illegal aliens & transporting illegal aliens
These bills were amended in Committee to add exemptions to the law for
public health services, private charities, nonprofit humanitarian
organizations and representatives of attorneys. Such
amendments make the proposed bills ineffective and
facilitates the declaration of "sanctuary cities."
Request amendment by eliminating exemptions, to make
fine & imprisonment fixed and mandatory and to enhance prosecution penalty
upon conviction per number of illegal aliens involved.
What could occur is that sympathetic legal firms will establish a hot line
for an apprehended person to call and immediately be granted status as a
representative of the law firm. Public health services need not be
included in such exemption because hospitals are legally required to accept
all emergency patients who come to their door. Is
there any other criminal law where private charities and non profits are
exempt? As amended in Committee these bills are a gross example of bills
proposed with loop holes to render them ineffective. If these exemptions are
not removed the bills will not be worth the paper they are printed on and
request vote against approval.
Should the above exemptions be amended out of the bill request amendment of
prescribed penalties in Sections D. (1) & D. (2) be changed to read as
follows respectively , " shall be fined one
thousand dollars and
imprisoned for six month per each illegal alien involved in the defendants
prosecution." & "shall be fined two thousand dollars
and imprisoned for one year
for each illegal alien involved in the defendants prosecution."
This will prevent judges and/or jury who legislate from the bench from
issuing hypocrite justice such as "$1.00 fine and no imprisonment." As
currently proposed the same penalty applies whether one illegal alien or 100
illegal aliens are involved in the defendants
prosecution.
Proposed bills may be reviewed on line at
www.legis.state.la.us/
