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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 07:36 PM Mar 2016

South Carolina senate passes bill to require refugees to register with state

Source: Associated Press

The South Carolina senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require refugees to register with the state and hold their sponsors liable if they commit an act of terror or violent crime.

The bill will now move on to the house. If ultimately passed and signed by the governor, it could become the first measure of its kind in the country. The chief supporter of the bill said the goal is to keep South Carolina safe from the kinds of attacks carried out this week in Belgium and recently in California and Paris.

“We can make South Carolina out of the 50 states the most unwelcome state for refugees,” said state senator Kevin Bryant, a Republican from Anderson.

Opponents of the bill said it didn’t fit South Carolina’s oft mentioned Christian values, such as loving one’s neighbors. The National Conference of State Legislatures said South Carolina and New York are the only states that have proposed measures to register refugees.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/23/south-carolina-senate-register-refugees-bill



Associated Press in Columbia
Wednesday 23 March 2016 22.50 GMT
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South Carolina senate passes bill to require refugees to register with state (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2016 OP
Wait, we can hold a person liable if the person their hosting committs giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #1
Didn't somebody already try something like this? KamaAina Mar 2016 #2
The state enjoys SCantiGOP Mar 2016 #3
I don't mind this. 840high Mar 2016 #4
 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
1. Wait, we can hold a person liable if the person their hosting committs
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 07:44 PM
Mar 2016

a criminal act but trying to hold the owner of a firearm responsible when someone uses their weapon to commit a criminal act would be a travesty?

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
3. The state enjoys
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 09:22 PM
Mar 2016

Spending money to defend lawsuits that they know they will lose, but it pleases the morons that vote for them.

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