Illegals Welcome In California

Will new immigration laws in Arizona cause a flood of illegal immigrants to cross into California looking for work?

I watched an interesting report from a TV station in Phoenix that examined the new law.

Arizona officials are calling the laws some of the toughest ever that target businesses and the estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants who work within the state's borders.

The same officials believe thousands of immigrants are already fleeing the state.

And it could be far more than a half million illegals, or undocumented, workers leaving Arizona.

Officials said the estimate doesn't include farm or service industry workers who officials say they can't track accurately.

So, are they going back to Mexico or their country of origin? Hardly.

California has shown itself as a state that resists any real legislation that clamps down on illegal workers, but we don't have enough jobs for all the illegals who already call the Golden State home.

Will Arizona be a blueprint that other states will follow to deal with illegal workers in this country?

Maybe, but not here.

Arizona employers stand in danger of losing their entire business if they have any illegal workers on the payroll.

An Arizona legislator who crafted the law put it simply, "It's like Disneyland learned a long time ago, if you want the crowds to go home, turn off the lights and shut down the rides, enough is enough, we're no longer going to tolerate it."

Employers must check worker's names and social security numbers through a federal database called "E-Verify".

A first time violation can suspend a company's business license for 10 days.

A second violation gets the license pulled for good.

If the illegals are coming to California, what will we do with them?

Same thing we do with all the others, try to find them a job and look the other way.

After all, it's a problem for lawmakers in Washington, not Sacramento.

Right?