SC House Passes “Immigration Reform”

Three years ago, South Carolina “Republicans” bragged that they had passed the “toughest immigration law in America.”

Not so much, apparently.

On Tuesday, an updated version of “immigration reform” cleared the S.C. House of Representatives by a 69-43 vote – prompting state lawmakers to once again boast that they had “cracked down” on this hot-button issue.

The House vote sets up a showdown with the State Senate, which passed a fee-laden version of the bill earlier this year.

The “Arizona-style” legislation that passed the House requires state and local law enforcement officers to verify the immigration status of individuals they arrest or stop for traffic violations – and to “complete a data collection form” regarding the “age, gender, and race or ethnicity” of each individual.

That data will be managed by a new Immigration Enforcement Division of the S.C. Department of Public Safety (DPS). Meanwhile, lawmakers would be given the authority to deny state and federal funding to any local law enforcement agency that fails to comply with the new law.

“If the federal government refuses to enforce these laws, the South Carolina General Assembly will support state laws that do,” House Speaker Bobby Harrell said.

That’s tough talk, for sure … but what actually happens after illegal immigrants are identified?


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