Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Kansas: House returns illegal-immigrant bill to committee “Let’s make these bills sustainable. It’s time we pass good, solid laws,” said Rep. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park. “The bill does a lot of damage potentially unless we work out the legal issues first.”
The bill also prohibits state and local governments from awarding contracts to employers convicted of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants in the past five years and requires employers to repay what the state paid them in the past five years, up to $10,000. Federal law limits states to denying contracts or revoking licenses of violators, but that didn’t stop the House from increasing criminal penalties for such employers. On a 105-14 vote, it increased the fine for knowingly hiring an illegal immigrant from $500 to $2,500 the first time, plus an additional $10,000 for subsequent offenses. “The real perpetrators of crime isn’t the undocumented workers. It’s the employers who offer them jobs,” said Rep. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City. Kinzer said the federal law pre-empting state penalties made the proposal unenforceable. But other lawmakers complained the federal government hasn’t done enough to stem illegal immigration. “At some point, the Kansas people expect this body to do something. We need to send a message to those in the federal government to get off their duffs and do something,” said Rep. Bill Otto, R-Leroy. 
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