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C. Todd Marks, Esq. - Tampa Attorney
Republican for State Representative 

MARKS CALLS FOR LEGISLATURE TO ENACT TOUGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAWS

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TAMPA - (April 28, 2010) Todd Marks, Republican candidate for State Representative, District 57, called for tough new anti-illegal immigration laws to be enacted on the state level.

"Politicians in Washington have once again let America down by failing to enforce existing immigration laws," Marks said. "It's reprehensible that our federal government has no problem intruding into our lives on many levels while it fails to act on its Constitutional mandate concerning immigration. Politicians worried about self-preservation have regrettably taken a hands-off approach to immigration enforcement. Florida needs a consistent conservative willing to take on these tough challenges."

"I support the legal immigration process which has helped to make America a great nation. The legislature should not sit idly by and continue to allow illegal residents to wreak fiscal havoc on our school budgets, our hospitals, our prisons, and our unemployment rate," said Marks.  "Washington's failure to act has contributed to the fiscal crisis in Florida. The answer is not amnesty for those who have already willfully broken the law and jumped ahead of the line but rather strict enforcement of existing laws."

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Florida's illegal immigrant population cost state taxpayers more than $3.8 billion per year in 2008 (See FAIR website). The $3.8 billion annual price tag covers only the costs of K-12 education, medical care and incarceration of illegal aliens who have committed other crimes in Florida. According to the latest analysis by FAIR, the costs to Floridians more than doubled between 2005 and 2008.

Acknowledging the Constitutional questions surrounding such a law, Marks said: "By mirroring existing federal law, Florida makes a stronger argument for its ability to do for itself what the federal government has refused to do for Florida. We should use Arizona's immigration law as a starting point and work to improve upon it," concluded Marks. 

To learn more about Todd Marks' position on this issue, see his column published today on http://IrreverentView.com.
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