Addicted Towns of Pa.: Stories from a state in crisis
Theses are once-proud, hard-working ethnic areas that slowly lost jobs, then entire industries, to the global economy.
“Unspecific Concerns”
“State Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon), who opposes the proposal, repeatedly questioned the bill. citing unspecific concerns over public safety and the rule of law.” Stephen Caruso, a reporter for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star
…post-Sept. 11 fears of terrorism led the state to tighten the ID laws that year.
State Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon), who opposes the proposal, repeatedly questioned the bill. citing unspecific concerns over public safety and the rule of law.
“The things that were put in place in 2002 were put in place for a reason, because of what happened on September 11th,” Heffley said. “Thousands of people were killed because we had loopholes in different statuses and people came in here that wanted to hurt us. There are people all over the world that right now would like to do harm to everybody in this country.”
He added that the country’s immigration system was broken, “but they are still the laws until they are adjusted.”
GOP-controlled panel hears bill to grant Pa. drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants
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