Even Massachusetts Wants to Crack Down on Illegals

It's not just the refried bean-smearing Nazis in Arizona that want to deprive illegal aliens of their "rights", but people in very liberal Massachusetts as well:

A Republican crackdown blocking illegal immigrants from scooping up taxpayer-funded benefits such as welfare and food stamps is gaining steam on Beacon Hill – as Democratic lawmakers and two candidates for governor scrambled yesterday to back the tough new measure.



“We can’t afford to be giving money to people who are breaking the law,” said state Rep. Jeffrey D. Perry (R-Sandwich), who filed an amendment to the budget that would force state departments offering taxpayer-funded assistance to check the applicant with federal immigration authorities.



“If our housing programs had this policy, the president’s aunt wouldn’t have been able to get access to our public housing,” said Perry, referring to President Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, an illegal Kenyan immigrant who notoriously nabbed a state-funded apartment in South Boston.



The measure – filed by Perry as he seeks the seat vacated by U.S. Rep. William Delahunt – comes amid a nationwide furor sparked by a strict new Arizona law targeting illegals, which has prompted a potential legal challenge from the Obama administration.



State Treasurer and independent gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill got behind Perry’s proposal – insisting taxpayers can’t afford to feed and shelter those breaking the law.



“We should not be giving taxpayer money to people who are here illegally. It sends the wrong message in addition to wasting money we don’t have,” Cahill said.



GOP candidate for governor Charles D. Baker issued a statement yesterday, saying, “It makes no sense to provide public support to people who are here in Massachusetts illegally while others – the actual citizens of the Commonwealth – remain on waiting lists.”



Even Gov. Deval Patrick – who supports giving in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants who graduated from Bay State schools – acknowledged the state could be doing a better job ensuring illegals don’t get state services.



“I think we’re doing a pretty good job, but there’s always room for improvement,” Patrick told the Herald.



Meanwhile, Perry’s proposal is winning converts among some Democratic lawmakers.

I think Arizona may have started a fire that the left will not be able to stomp out.

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