Ball and Hall tackle immigration issues
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- July
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Last night, state Assemblyman Greg Ball convened a forum on drunken driving and the hiring and housing of illegal immigrants. The meeting comes more than a month after a mother and daugther were struck and killed by suspected drunken driver, who police say is unlicensed and undocumented.
During the meeting, Ball presented a list of plans to crackdown on drinking and driving, as well as ways to make it harder for contractors and landlords to hire and house illegal immigrants. Some of these ideas included installing an ignition lock in the vehicles of first-time DWI offenders and creating a law in Putnam County making it illegal to hire people off the streets.
He also suggested making English the official language in Putnam County.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, has invited officers from 53 law enforcement agencies throughout five counties to participate in a training session with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to foster better working relationships between federal and local officials.
Ball is running against Hall in 2010.
To read more about Ball’s meeting written by my colleague, Michael Risinit, go here. To read more about Hall’s upcoming training session, check it out here.
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