Harrell pushes for secure borders in state house
February 9th, 2008 at 08:42pm Anthony Bonna
From the Palm Beach Post…
Calling illegal immigration a “major problem” in Florida, state Rep. Gayle Harrell today celebrated a series of bills that she and others said would make it tougher for employers to hire undocumented workers and push local law enforcement to help identify illegal immigration.
“We need to deal with the problem we are having in our community with illegals,” said Harrell, a Stuart Republican running for Congress this year.
“We’re now having a significant problem with our budget and we’re having to cut services to legal residents of the state,” she said. “And when we’re spending $1.8 billion on services to illegals in the state, we need to really look at what we can do to address the problem.”
Her bill (HB 821), the “Florida Safe Borders Act of 2008,” would, among other things, prohibit the state from supporting day labor centers, such as El Sol in Jupiter, that could be helping illegal immigrants find work.
She was joined in her press conference by several Palm Beach County residents, including 79-year-old Charlie Elliott of Jupiter. Elliott said he has protested outside El Sol. Carol Diane, a 60-year-old Boca Raton resident, also traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for immigration reform. She said it was the first political issue to inspire her action.
“As a mother, it tugs at your heartstrings to see the plight of people from around the world who want to come to America,” Diane said. “But now our security is at risk and we’re being affected not just economically, but in terms of the criminal element as well. It’s a scary time.”
Both Diane and Elliott said they were loosely associated with groups known as Border Control Now and Floridians for Immigration Enforcement.
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