February 22, 2008 11:35 AM
I.R. 1105 is the worst immigrant hating bill ever introduced in Suffolk County and, if passed, could be a model for other counties throughout the state. This tool kit will provide up to date info on the bill as well as links to articles on the blogdealing with it.
We need you if we are to have any chance of stopping this monster.
We ask you to contact your member of the Suffolk Legislature. If you click here, you will be taken to the web site of the Legislature. Just click on your the picture of your legislator and you will get contact info. We also ask all immigrant rights supporters to contact Legislators Browning, Barraga, and Mystal. These three are on the Consumer Protection Committee which will first hear the Bill. We also ask that everyone call Suffolk Presiding Officer Bill Linsay and urge him to oppose I.R. 1105.
The first, and perhaps best,chance to defeat the Bill is Thursday, Feb. 28 when it goes before the Consumer Protection Committee. Long Island Immigrant Alliance is calling on all organizations to participate in this hearing.
The full Legislature will hold a hearing on the Bill on March 4. A vote may come as early as March 18.
Here are recent blog entries on IR 1105, the newly introduced anti-immigrant bill now before the Suffolk Legislature.
Newsday calls Suffolk Bill pandering
Suffolk Life Slams Bill for its impact on business
How Suffolk Bill will lead to massive discrimination against Latinos and Asian Americans
Immigration crackdowns do not come cheap
Looking at the Suffolk lawmaking process
How the Suffolk Bill hurts workers