Belmont man seeks Arizona-like immigration law in Ca.

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(11-23) 17:23 PST Sacramento -- California voters may get a chance to weigh in on a proposal similar to Arizona's controversial immigration law, after the Secretary of State gave the go-ahead to a Belmont man to collect signatures for a proposed ballot initiative.

The proposal would require state law enforcement officials to investigate a person's immigration status if they are "reasonably suspicious" the person is in the country illegally, and would also make it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to "seek work while concealing their immigration status." It would also make it a crime, under state law, for employers to hire an illegal immigrant either intentionally or unknowingly.

The measure's sponsor, Michael Erickson, must collect the signatures of 433,971 registered California voters by April 21 to get the initiative on a 2012 ballot.

Erickson, a Belmont Tea Party activist, said he and the group of people that drafted the proposed law are concerned that with the passage of Arizona's SB1070 - which makes it a state crime to lack immigration documents - "illegal immigrant gangs, drug traffickers" and other criminal elements will relocate to California. The group also has a "long standing moral opposition to illegal immigration," Erickson said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/23/BAPL1GGM7F.DTL

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Proposition 187 was overturned in court. So was Arizona SB 1070. A poll by the LA Times revealed that SB 1070 had 50% support, 43% opposition among registered voters.

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1. One to vote against

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2. lol!

I wonder how big his "group" is. Belmont is about as big as a hangnail.