Lawmakers in South Carolina are currently investigating potential
reforms to their state’s immigration laws. Earlier this week, a
congressional judicial subcommittee listened to testimonies at a public
hearing. In that hearing, Senator Glenn McConnell, who lead the
meeting, commented that the federal government has not adequately
enforced immigration laws and that it is now the states’
responsibilities to do so.
“We are determined to do what is necessary to keep people safe in their
homes and on the streets of South Carolina…. This law has got to be
enforced or this country is going to be overrun,” McConnell said in an
interview with a local news station.
The state’s legislature will reconvene early next year and signs lead
to it taking up this issue at that time. At the same time, state
management of immigration legislation is being taken up by the Supreme
Court, which, in November, will review Arizona’s recent legislation
that requires companies to use the federal E-Verify program to confirm
the employment eligibility of new employees.
