Republican and Kansas Senate President Steve Morris http://www.senatorstevemorris.com/map.html
When I heard that, you could have knocked me over with an illegal immigrant! Let’s look at the Senator’s voting record on illegal immigration. (Clicking on any Senator’s name [Actual Vote sections] will allow you to look at their votes on many different issues. Great tool, have fun.)
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Highlights:
- Provides that no law enforcement agency may be prevented from sending, receiving or obtaining information regarding any individual’s immigration status [Sec. 7 (a)].
- Provides that no law enforcement agency may restrict or discourage its officers from asking individuals their citizenship or immigration status. [Sec. 7 (a)].
- Allows any member of the Kansas legislature to request that the Attorney General make a determination on whether an agency is in violation. [Sec. 7 (b)].
- Reinstates funding when the agency proves to the attorney general that it is now in compliance with the provisions of the amendment [Sec. 7 (b)].
Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
Senate Amendment Vote: 03/26/2008 : Amendment Rejected 14 – 24
Actual votes: http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?cs_id=18460
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Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
Senate Amendment Vote: 03/26/2008 : Amendment Rejected 14 – 25
Actual votes: http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?cs_id=18465
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- Sets the following deadlines for employers to enroll in E-Verify;
- July 1, 2008 for state agencies, departments, boards and commissions;
- July 1, 2009 for municipalities and employers with more than 250 employees in the state of Kansas;
- July 1, 2010 for employers with more than 30 but less than 250 employees in the state of Kansas;
- July 1, 2011 for all other employers (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits employers who knowingly fails to comply with these deadlines from claiming any payment or compensation to an unauthorized immigrant as a deductible business expense for state income tax purposes [Sec. 3 (e)].
Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
Senate Amendment Vote: 03/26/2008 : Amendment Rejected 11 – 27
Actual Votes: http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?cs_id=18467
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Project Vote Smart’s Synopsis: Vote to adopt an amendment that makes undocumented immigrants ineligible for state or local public benefits in the state of Kansas.
Highlights:
- Includes the following benefits: government grants, contracts, loans, licenses, retirement, welfare, health, disability, housing, food assistance, unemployment benefits, credits, reduced rates, reduced fees.[Sec. 20 (b)]
- Provides exceptions for the following public benefits [Sec. 20 (a)]:
assistance for the treatment of emergency medical conditions, not including organ transplant procedures, short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency disaster relief, public health assistance for immunizations and for testing and treatment of communicable diseases, programs specified by the Attorney General which deliver in-kind services at the local level; do not condition assistance on the recipient’s income or resources; and are necessary for the protection of life or safety such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling and short-term shelter.
- Requires that applicants for public benefits must first prove that they are United States citizens or lawfully admitted immigrants before they are granted benefits [Sec. 20 (c)].
Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
Senate Amendment Vote: 03/26/2008 : Amendment Rejected 12 – 26
Actual Votes: http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?cs_id=18474
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- Requires all businesses in the state of Kansas to verify the employment eligibility of new employees with the federal government’s E-Verify program by January 1, 2009 [Sec. 2 (b-c)].- Sets penalties for businesses convicted of knowingly employing undocumented immigrants as follows:
- For a first offense, suspension of the business’ licenses for between 10 and 30 days;
- For a second offense, suspension of the business’ licenses for between 90 days and a year;
- For a third offense, permanent suspension of the business’ licenses [Sec. 2 (d)(2)(f-h)].
- Prohibits businesses from claiming payment or compensation to an employee or independent contractor as a deductible business expense for income tax purposes if the employee in question is an undocumented immigrant or the independent contractor does not participate in E-Verify [Sec. 3 (a-b)].
- Prohibits persons who cannot prove legal residency in the United States from receiving public benefits. (Sec. 5).
- Makes employment identity fraud, defined as ‘willfully presenting to an employer false or misleading identification documents for the purpose of obtaining employment in the state of Kansas’, a level 8 felony [Sec. 4].
- Requires that applicants for a driver’s license in the state of Kansas must sign an affidavit stating that they are citizens of the United States and that they understand that making a false statement of citizenship is an federal crime [Sec. 9 (m-n)].
Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
Senate Amendment Vote: 03/26/2008 : Amendment Rejected 12 – 27
Actual Votes: http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?cs_id=18475
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Oh what the heck, let’s just go ahead and measure the entire Republican Senate Leadership and others.
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Senate President Morris- Voted “NO” on all
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Senate Vice President Vratil- Voted “NO” on all.
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Senate Majority Leader and new Kansas Attorney General D. Schmidt- Voted “NO” on all.
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Senate Majority Leader (new) Emler- Voted “NO” on all but one.
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Senate Ass’t Majority Leader V. Schmidt- Voted “NO” on all.
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Senator Reitz Majority Puppet- Voted “NO” on all.
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Senator Wysong Majority Puppet- Voted “NO” on all.
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Senator Brownlee new Secretary of Labor- Voted “NO” on all.
Just kind of chokes me up with emotion. I’m sorry, but moments like this just make be so proud to be a Republican.
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