Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 22:06:32 GMT -6
PHOENIX — Unable to block the Obama administration from sending refugees here, state lawmakers are now erecting a new roadblock.
On a 4-2 margin the House Judiciary Committee voted to make any charity that helps resettle refugees from certain countries financially liable for any crimes they commit within the first five years they are here. And to back that up, the charities would have to obtain $25 million in liability insurance or face civil fines of up to $1,000 a day for each of the refugees it has resettled in the past five years.
SB 1452, crafted by Sen. Judy Burges, R-Sun City West, is very specific, targeting only refugees who are from “high risk’’ countries. And that is defined in a way to include many countries from the Middle East that have been a source of new Arizona residents.
Ron Johnson, who lobbies for Arizona Catholic Charities, said this would be the first such law like this in the entire country. He questioned both its necessity and its legality.
Read more: azdailysun.com/news/local/charities-that-help-refugees-held-liable-under-bill/article_d92bc3b2-7ab4-5f9e-9de1-3d7f6ab338ed.html
On a 4-2 margin the House Judiciary Committee voted to make any charity that helps resettle refugees from certain countries financially liable for any crimes they commit within the first five years they are here. And to back that up, the charities would have to obtain $25 million in liability insurance or face civil fines of up to $1,000 a day for each of the refugees it has resettled in the past five years.
SB 1452, crafted by Sen. Judy Burges, R-Sun City West, is very specific, targeting only refugees who are from “high risk’’ countries. And that is defined in a way to include many countries from the Middle East that have been a source of new Arizona residents.
Ron Johnson, who lobbies for Arizona Catholic Charities, said this would be the first such law like this in the entire country. He questioned both its necessity and its legality.
Read more: azdailysun.com/news/local/charities-that-help-refugees-held-liable-under-bill/article_d92bc3b2-7ab4-5f9e-9de1-3d7f6ab338ed.html