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Immigrant controlSunday, September 9, 2007There has been so much talk -- and so little meaningful action -- regarding the continuing inflow of illegal workers to the United States from Mexico that a recent crackdown by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt came as something of a surprise. Blunt ordered the Missouri State Highway Patrol to check the immigration status of everyone incarcerated by the patrol. And he directed the state's Department of Economic Development to increase its oversight of contractors that receive state tax breaks or funding. You mean that wasn't already standard operating procedure? It is no surprise, however, that Blunt's directives generated criticism in some quarters. Some Hispanic leaders in St. Louis said the crackdown sounded like racial profiling, a claim that's hard to substantiate when the governor clearly told the highway patrol to check on everyone incarcerated and told the economic development agency to scrutinize every contractor receiving state aid. For all the talk about building fences and installing a police/military defense system along the Mexican border, it would seem that simpler solutions, such as the two directives from Governor Blunt, would be far more effective -- and far less costly -- in the long run. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Hurrah, it seems that finally someone, in this case he governor, figured out what the term illegal means.
Its a start and I hope other states will imitate this practice.
I, personally, am tired of people thumbing their nose at our laws..
This is ridiculous. Since when do American's give praise for someone in a political office to promote racial profiling. African Americans are just now overcoming the racial profiling that comes from their color, so now we have to start that with Hispanic people. Shame on you Matt Blunt.