Mauldin Businessman Concerned About Immigration Bill
National issue has local implications
When Governor Nikki Haley signed the immigration bill known as SB 20 into law last month South Carolina joined Arizona, Georgia and Texas as the states with the strictest immigration laws in the country. Though the federal government is charged with making and enforcing immigration law, the burden of immigration costs occur at the local level. And being that Congress has tabled substantive immigration legislation while they tackle economic issues, states have been taking matters into their own hands in recent months. But some critics say the laws passed at the state level, such as the one Haley signed, encourage racial profiling. Under the South Carolina law, local law enforcement officers would be allowed to check the citizenship status …
