The Metcalfe proposal: The time has come
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pennsylvania shares the problems that the federal government's failure to enforce immigration laws creates for states that border Mexico. Thus, it's fitting that Pennsylvania share Arizona's solution for those problems.
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State bill takes aim on illegals
From The Sunbury Daily Item
Paul J. Ruane said if he is stopped by law enforcement officers, they have the right to ask for his driver's license, so he sees no reason why the same police can't ask to verify a person's citizenship status if the individual is reasonably stopped as well.
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Immigration bill would bring Arizona-style law to Pa.
From The York Daily Record
A state representative proposed legislation Tuesday -- backed by several local lawmakers -- that was inspired by a controversial law passed last week in Arizona to combat illegal immigration.
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Pa. bill proposes Arizona-type immigration law
From The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Police would be required to question individuals about their immigration status and demand documentation if they suspect a person is in the country illegally under legislation introduced Tuesday in the state House.
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Leave or go to jail, Metcalfe tells illegals
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- Take the handcuffs off police and put them on illegal aliens in Pennsylvania, who cost taxpayers $728 million a year for education, health care and incarceration, advocates for tougher laws said Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania legislators hope to mirror Arizona's immigration bill
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- State Reps. Daryl Metcalfe and Harry Readshaw think Pennsylvania should follow Arizona's lead and "protect its borders and citizens" by giving local and state police more power to arrest, detain and eventually deport foreigners who have entered the state illegally and don't have proper registration papers.
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Metcalfe pitches 'Arizona-style' immigration law in Pennsylvania
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe says it's time to give illegal aliens residing in Pennsylvania two choices: go to jail or leave.
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Legislators push PA immigration control bill
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- State Reps. Daryl Metcalfe and Harry Readshaw think Pennsylvania should follow Arizona's lead and "protect its borders and citizens" by giving local and state police more power to arrest, detain and eventually deport foreigners who have entered the state illegally and don't have proper registration papers.
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Pa. legislator plans to introduce immigration bill
From The Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice
Arizona's new immigration law may get a hearing in Pennsylvania.
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Gun owners back state bills in Pennsylvania, denounce municipal laws
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- A former Texas legislator whose parents died in the 1991 shooting in Luby's Cafeteria told Pennsylvania gun enthusiasts Tuesday they can "make a difference" in pushing for laws that make it easier to legally use a firearm to defend one's family.
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Board backs effort to stop teacher strikes
From The Bucks County Courier Times
One board member said he voted against the resolution because he didn't want to "alienate" the district's teachers union.
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Rendell seeks to broaden sales tax
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Gov. Ed Rendell is a man who likes challenges, and he took on some big ones Tuesday when he proposed a fiscal 2010-11 budget that increases state spending by more than $1 billion in a time of recession and proposes eliminating 74 "non-essential" sales-tax exemptions.
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Charges against Perzel put Metcalfe in spotlight
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- In the latest fallout from a government corruption scandal, House committee assignments are being shuffled after a state lawmaker arrested last week was stripped of his post as ranking Republican on the Urban Affairs Committee.
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