Robert Miranda, the executive director of Milwaukee-based Esperanza Unida Inc., says a lot of good things here about legislation recently introduced by several state senators that would crack down on Wisconsin employers who hire illegal aliens.
New state legislation has been introduced by a group of senate Democrats that will make companies that hire persons who are not legally in the U. S. ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants and loans.
The proposed legislation was immediately criticized by State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milwaukee) who called the bill divisive and "yet another attempt to fix the broken immigration system at the state level."
She said the proposed legislation (Senate Bill 137) addresses "a small portion of the complex issues surrounding immigration reform" that's a federal responsibility.
"While I share the frustration that we need tough, fair and comprehensive immigration reform, I am tired of members of both political parties demagoguing on the issue of immigration reform," she said in a press release issued Friday.
The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population. The nation's Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade. The Hispanic population also accounted for most of the nation's growth—56%—from 2000 to 2010.
After two years of concentrated effort, we have concluded that, in the long run, no substantial benefits will result from further growth of the Nation’s population, rather that the gradual stabilization of our population through voluntary means would contribute significantly to the Nation’s ability to solve its problems. We have looked for, and have not found, any convincing economic argument for continued population growth. The health of our country does not depend on it, nor does the vitality of business nor the welfare of the average person.
A janitorial company in Minnesota is expected to fire more than half its local workforce due to improper documentation, as the federal government focuses immigration enforcement on employers and their recordkeeping.
About 240 janitors with Harvard Maintenance Inc. will be fired over the next several weeks because they failed to prove they were legally eligible to work in the United States, according to the workers' union, Service Employees International (SEIU). The first round of dismissals is happening this week, the union said.