ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BATTLE GOES LOCAL
Just about anyone you talk to agrees that the federal government is not dealing adequately with the huge illegal immigration problem facing our country. The proportions of the problem and its impact are profound. Probably one of the most challenging aspects of the immigration problem with which t
o deal is the fact that millions upon millions of undocumented aliens are living within America now, and it is dealing with that part of the illegal immigration dilemma that is the most controversial of all issues surrounding this debate. Second to that would be border control issues.
I was intrigued to read that a local city councilman from Santa Clarita (home of Magic Mountain, in northern Los Angeles County) has proposed that local governments get more proactive in discouraging illegal immigration by making it harder for undocumented aliens to get work. Some of his proposals include dumping city vendors that hire undocumented workers, and also amping up enforcement of loitering laws to target this community.
The councilman is Cameron Smyth, who also happens to be the odds-on favorite (lack of opposition helps with my analysis) to walk into the State Assembly this November, replacing Dr. Keith Richman who is termed out. I approached Smyth who penned a short piece that is featured on the main page this morning.
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