Some state legislators seem to be suffering from buyer’s remorse in the wake of criticism of House Bill 1804, an illegal immigration bill that has been touted as one of the toughest in the nation.
Many lawmakers are backing away from their original support of the law, and they cite worrying side effects, such as a lack of employees for lower wage and labor jobs. Some legislators also are now worrying about the effects of denying health coverage or pre-natal care to illegal aliens.
The new law, which took effect Nov. 1, denies driver’s licenses and public services to illegal immigrants and criminalizes transporting, concealing and harboring illegal immigrants from detection or in reckless disregard of their citizenship status.
It still appears too soon to know for sure just exactly what the long-term effects of this new immigration law will be. We suspect perhaps some of the coverage coming out recently about possible ill effects of the bill and waning support among legislators may be to slow down the crafting of a follow-up bill by HB 1804’s author Randy Terrill.
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Labels: HB 1804, Rep. Randy Terrill
Posted at 12/11/2007 11:12:00 AM
