"Undocumented Foreign National Registration Ordinance" being proposed

[Bluebear]

It hasn't been introduced yet, but a proposed town ordinance targeting illegal immigrants in Pahrump (Nevada) already is drawing comparisons to one of the darkest chapters in U.S. history.

If approved sometime next year, the measure would require "undocumented foreign nationals" to register themselves at the Pahrump Town Office within 24 hours of arriving in the community 60 miles west of Las Vegas.

Illegal immigrants would each have to pay a $200 fee and fill out a form with such information as the names of all their relatives in Nevada and a list of "all forged or counterfeited documents" they might have. "Registering people? Why don't we just bring back the internment camps?" Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo asked. "From the standpoint of law enforcement and human decency, I think it's a very ugly piece of trash."....

Fernando Romero, president of Hispanics In Politics, called the ordinance "mean-spirited, unfair, unjust and unconstitutional. The purpose is to create and incite racial tension," he said. "The perception is they hate us. It's a racial thing. And the perception in this case is almost 100 percent real."...

"It's not being racist. It's standing up for the U.S.A.," (said Michael Miraglia, town board member who plans to introduce bill tonight.)

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-12-Tue-2006/news/11374581.html

[babylonsister]

1. I'm with the sheriff. It'd be oh-so-convenient to have everyone's

addresses at their fingertips in case those camps do need to be used.

[Bluebear]

2. I like this sheriff very much.

His faith in the constitution is whole and complete, and doesn't cotton to these newfangled laws of hate.

[Bluebear]

3. .

[judaspriestess]

4. this is stupid

and these folks can put any name they want on there, give any address they want etc. its just a way to spread hate.