The American Legislative Exchange Council is an organization that crafts policies to push for a neo-conservative agenda. This organization is responsible for drafting pieces of legislation like SB 1070 in Arizona and a variety of state's dismissal of ObamaCare. Issue Areas Choose one of the issue areas above. Find a piece of legislation that you want to write about and answer the following questions.
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Sandra Montes
1/14/2015 07:06:27 am
Though we have briefly discussed Arizona’s SB 1070 legislation in class, I chose to write about it, since its success in being passed has turned it into a model legislation for other states to participate in sanctioned racism. ALEC pushed for the enforcement of this bill, by stating that no state may in any way infringe or restrict the full implementation of federal immigration laws. This means that all officials must abide by the legislation, or consequences will be bestowed upon them. Its’ supposed purpose is “to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States.” So, ALEC chose to criminalize all immigrants by simply being on any private or public land in this country and label it as trespassing. Criminalizing the immigrants was a way to instill fear in the public and gain support.
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Diana Orozco
1/15/2015 01:06:07 am
What I don't understand is, what makes immigrants dangerous???
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DIANA GOMEZ
1/16/2015 11:35:31 am
I definitely agree with you Sandra,
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Diana Orozco
1/15/2015 03:00:20 pm
ALEC uses the Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act to appear as if they are trying to help the education system. This act states that parents of an eligible student will receive a scholarship to put the student into any participating school of the parent’s choice. The Act states that a student is eligible if they attend a public school and receive free or reduced-price lunch due to the families’ income. Of course, no specifics were found on how exactly a child is eligible, if it was that easy, every child’s parents would be receiving this scholarship. Also, low-class families are not eligible because they begin to give the highest amount to a family that receives 100 percent of the maximum income to be eligible to receive free lunch. A family that makes more receives less of a scholarship. If a family makes less than the maximum amount for eligibility, there is no parent scholarship.
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Sandra Montes
1/16/2015 10:14:41 am
I agree that the way the bill is presented masks its true intentions. It only advertises the good and hopeful aspects of it, and leaves out the "catch," or the very specific conditions of it. People may vote for it believing that their children will benefit from it, when in fact it will actually hinder their chances at receiving a better education because it will turn out to be worse for them. As if wealthy families aren't benefiting in the educational system already, this bill will only give them more of an advantage. This website that we found the bills on is important for identifying and making public the discriminating laws that ALEC wants to put into place.
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Fay
1/16/2015 07:44:47 am
Alec can be seen to work successfully isolating females based on their age right here in this few weeks in this 5 blogs sections. (Ironically we all have similar Goals, and are women) Alec can be seen in a bigger circle at SJSU, and all the thanks must be given to our school president, it was under his nose a young man lost his life. To cover up from February all the way to June school was full of African- American advocates and speakers to mention how this is a divers school, but it is not. Alec was successful putting millions of people behind bars, and another few millions to stay in poverty. Look around you and think about how many none immigrant you have seen working in the farm. Even immigrants from Russia have better chance to be hired in high paying jobs. Today’s minority students want to be in law enforcement are tomorrows Hard Core police officers. I have seen many African- American Police Officer to be extra rude to their own people. Once again Alec has done a good job. Alec in schools is just a pure control so there will be no chance for few people Judge LaDoris H. Cordell or Dr. Crystallee Crain. I am all for Alec and it immigration Laws, maybe this is a best way to see without immigrants this country would starve to death in its own dirt. Maybe this is the best way for all those arrogant people to see there are still no jobs but they have no longer to blame others. Majority of Doctors, nurses, engineers, house keepers, farmers are immigrants and they all are over worked and underpaid. Cisco will go bankrupt if all its immigrants engineers went away, family attorneys and family courts would have no longer any income since high percentage of divorces are a result of cultural changes and capitalism (individualism) Police officer can no longer meet their quota giving tickets to people that cannot speak proper English and do not know their rights.
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DIANA GOMEZ
1/16/2015 11:27:32 am
25 % is cut to every single government from social security to Medicare, veterans benefits. Meet lower spending. Behind this new push by Republicans love the most. Alec is organized by republicans the right wing. ALEC makes it impossible to raise taxes to millionaires, billionaires. This is all corporate funded and about 16 states have fallen victim including Arizona, Colorado, and California. Alec is one of the largest groups of legislators, but it is funded by big corporations not legislators. They pay a fee to be a member on Alec task forces. Oil companies, tobacco companies are the biggest long time funders that spend millions on Alec. Participating in Alec is the biggest investment ever. I decided to focus in Guns, Prisons, Crime, and Immigration. I looked at how expanding the list of offenses was to benefit other corporations. Making it more difficult and challenging for an individual to arise and get out of prison.
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