Hispanic community leaders expressed their moral support and gratitude for a temporary injunction against House Bill 1804 on Monday at the state Capitol.
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U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron last week temporarily reversed a requirement for businesses to verify the legal status of workers. This provision of HB 1804, the state's sweeping immigration law, was to take effect July 1. The judge's action has garnered support among Hispanics.
"Many people like me are here in America to pursue, not just the American dream, but also to pursue freedom,” said Mauro Yanez, a local Hispanic community leader who kicked off a Monday news conference at the Capitol. HB 1804 prevents many from achieving those dreams, Yanez said.
In the seven months since HB 1804 took effect, Hispanic families have been torn apart and agricultural and other industries across the state have seen a reduction in their ability to provide services, said Franco Cevallos, president of the Hispanic Action Coalition.
"These undocumented workers that were portrayed as criminals and takers ... are the energy behind the motor that sustains this economy,” Cevallos said.
Coalition members did not advocate illegal immigration, but they called for fewer obstacles to citizenship.
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go back home to mexico and live and work in your own third world country instead of turning the USA into with the help of greedy businesses
...by the way, if you have proof and can bring Terrill up on criminal charges, then by all means do so. Even though I agree with the HB 1804 and the enforcement of our laws, we don't need criminal republicans in office any more than we need criminal democrats.
Randy, if what you say is true, you need to get in touch with this newspaper and/or the proper authorities...am sure that this paper would love to bring him down (since they are so opposed to HB 1804 and want amnesty for all of the illegals).
President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S.,The order says federal departments and agencies must require contractors to use an electronic system to verify that the workers are eligible to work in the U.S.,
stinkerpants: I also capitalized the words ONLY and ARE..what does THAT mean (OOOPS I did it again). LMAO If they want to come here (no matter what race or country of national origin) I have no problem with it as long as they do it LEGALLY (since I put the opposite of illegal in all caps does that make me an anti-racist??) You will also notice I didn't mention any race or any any country of origin, did I? That's because none of that matters to me, if they are here illegally, they need to be deported. The word "Hispanic" was mentioned in this article SIX times (counting the headline)! So who is being racist?
Oklahoma has the third lowest unemployment rate in the country..thanks to the oil boom and the great 1804.Cheap illegal alien labor leaves and citizens go to work.Now we need to make official English and strengthening 1804 our priorities. Randy Terrill for governor.The Hispanics in this story want to legalize all the alien invaders.
Well if the illegals are what is sustaining the economy that may explain why we are so screwed. Send them home where they belong! People from the United States are having trouble realizing the American dream and we are supposed to care that some illegal immigrant can't achieve his dream.
The "order" Bush signed yesterday may just put a stop to this injunction, then what, you illegal criminals?
It is about time the president did something good for the taxpaying citizens of the U.S. Hip Hip Hooray
"Hispanic community leaders expressed their moral support and gratitude for a temporary injunction against House Bill 1804 on Monday at the state Capitol." Hope they aren't too disappointed, as it points out in the next paragraph of the article, this is only a temporary injunction of one part of HB 1804 (NOT the whole bill).
"'Many people like me are here in America to pursue, not just the American dream, but also to pursue freedom,' said Mauro Yanez, a local Hispanic community leader who kicked off a Monday news conference at the Capitol. HB 1804 prevents many from achieving those dreams, Yanez said." ONLY for those who are here ILLEGALLY (you know, breaking the law) and those that would assist them in breaking the law.
"In the seven months since HB 1804 took effect, Hispanic families have been torn apart..." Isn't it odd how we don't really care about the families of other criminals when their families are torn apart by their criminal actions?
"'These undocumented workers that were portrayed as criminals and takers ... are the energy behind the motor that sustains this economy,' Cevallos said." They were portrayed that way because they ARE criminals and takers...this state and country is indeed in sad shape if the activity of criminals is the "the energy behind the motor that sustains this economy".
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It is about time the president did something good for the taxpaying citizens of the U.S. Hip Hip Hooray