Wisconsin: Life's So Good...For Illegal Aliens
If Jim Doyle vetoes Senate Bill 567, the Department of Tourism will be passing these out at county fairs all summer.
The bill prohibits government aid from being distributed to illegal aliens.
From the LRB analysis:
This bill provides that, to the extent permitted under federal law if there are any conflicting federal provisions, only a person who is a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or otherwise permanently residing inthe United States under color of law, is eligible for any program that is administered by DHFS or DWD under the public assistance chapter of the statutes and that provides services, benefits, or other assistance (public assistance program). The bill requires that any person who applies for a public assistance program must, as acondition of eligibility for that program, provide documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status. Besides Wisconsin Works, Medical Assistance, and the food stamp program, public assistance programs include relief block grants, with which counties provide health care services to eligible persons; the Badger Care health care program, which provides health care services to certain low-income children and families; the program that provides prescription drug assistance for elderly persons (commonly known as SeniorCare); the program that provides eligible persons with assistance in establishing the paternity of a child, establishing or modifying child support obligations, enforcing child support or maintenance(alimony) obligations, and locating persons who owe child support or children taken by parents in violation of court orders; the programs that provide state supplemental payments to persons receiving federal supplemental security income; the program that pays funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses for persons whose estates are insufficient to pay those expenses; and the disease aids program that provide sassistance in paying the costs of medical treatment for eligible persons with cysticfibrosis, hemophilia, or chronic renal (kidney) disease.
I predict Doyle will sign this bill, however.
If not, I'm taking orders for this bumper sticker.
2 Comments:
If indeed it is true that most corporations use the common economic metaphor of labor as a resource… and if there are two kinds of employees — the Assets (creative people and managers) and Resources (who are relatively unskilled, fungible, interchangeable)…and if the American economy is structured to drive down the cost of resources - that is, the wages of low-skilled, replaceable workers…then immigration increases the supply of such workers and helps to drive down wages.
Cheap labor increases “productivity” and profits for employers, and it permits a cheap lifestyle for consumers who get low prices because of cheap labor. But these are not seen as “problems.” They are benefits. And people take these benefits for granted. They are not grateful to the immigrants who make them possible. Gratitude. The word is hardly ever spoken in the discourse over immigration.
While these workers are here, they must be treated with dignity and respect. Indeed, if they cannot return home, we have a responsibility to welcome them into ours. And we must treat them as Americans, not as second-class citizens, as they are currently. If they are here, they work hard and contribute to society, they are worthy of a path to citizenship and the basic rights we are entitled to (a minimum wage, education, healthcare, a social safety net).
ANd what about the 1,100 illegal immigrants who are currently incarcerated in out prisons. Could it be that not every illegal alien has the npurest of heart? This is why the law must be enforced - otherwise the "treat everyone with the respect they deserve" crowd gets all wound up.
I hope Doyle signs the bill and puts the rule of law where it is supposed to be.
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