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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 773397" data-attributes="member: 12952">In 2007,&nbsp; Missouri placed on the&nbsp; ballot a proposed&nbsp; constitutional amendment designating English as the&nbsp; official language&nbsp; of&nbsp; Missouri .&nbsp; In November, 2008, nearly 90%&nbsp; voting in favor!&nbsp; Thus&nbsp; English became the official&nbsp; language for ALL governmental activity&nbsp; in Missouri&nbsp; .No individual has the right to&nbsp; demand government services in a language OTHER than English.In 2008 a measure was passed that&nbsp; required the Missouri Highway&nbsp; Patrol and other law enforcement&nbsp; officials to verify the immigration&nbsp; status of any person arrested, and&nbsp; inform federal authorities if the&nbsp; person is found to be in&nbsp; Missouri illegally.&nbsp; &nbsp; Missouri law&nbsp; enforcement&nbsp; offices receive specific training with respect to&nbsp; enforcement&nbsp; of federal immigration&nbsp; laws.&nbsp;&nbsp; In&nbsp; Missouri illegal immigrants do&nbsp; NOT have access to taxpayers&nbsp; benefits such as food stamps and health&nbsp; care through Missouri&nbsp; HealthNET.&nbsp; In 2009 a measure was passed&nbsp; that ensures Missouri ’s&nbsp; public institutions of higher education do NOT&nbsp; award financial aid to&nbsp; individuals who are illegally in the&nbsp; United&nbsp; States .In&nbsp; Missouri&nbsp; all&nbsp; post-secondary institutions of higher education to&nbsp; annually certify to&nbsp; the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they&nbsp; have NOT knowingly&nbsp; awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully&nbsp; present in the&nbsp;&nbsp; United States .So while&nbsp; Arizona has made national&nbsp; news for its new law, it is&nbsp; important to remember&nbsp; Missouri has been far&nbsp; more proactive in&nbsp; addressing this&nbsp; horrific problem.Missouri has made&nbsp; it clear that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in&nbsp; the state&nbsp; and they will certainly NOT receive public benefits at the&nbsp;&nbsp; expense of Missouri taxpayers!WASHINGTON , Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS&nbsp; WIRE) — Missouri voters&nbsp; overwhelmingly approved H.J. Res. 7 yesterday [a&nbsp; constitutional&nbsp; amendment], strengthening the state’s official English law. The&nbsp; measure&nbsp; passed with more than 85&nbsp; percent of the vote, as 2.4&nbsp; million Missourians cast ballots in favor of the measure.The approved measure makes English the official language&nbsp; of all&nbsp; official proceedings in&nbsp; Missouri.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 773397, member: 12952"] In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri . In November, 2008, nearly 90% voting in favor! Thus English became the official language for ALL governmental activity in Missouri . No individual has the right to demand government services in a language OTHER than English. In 2008 a measure was passed that required the Missouri Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be in Missouri illegally. Missouri law enforcement offices receive specific training with respect to enforcement of federal immigration laws. In Missouri illegal immigrants do NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such as food stamps and health care through Missouri HealthNET. In 2009 a measure was passed that ensures Missouri ’s public institutions of higher education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are illegally in the United States . In Missouri all post-secondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States . So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important to remember Missouri has been far more proactive in addressing this horrific problem. Missouri has made it clear that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in the state and they will certainly NOT receive public benefits at the expense of Missouri taxpayers! WASHINGTON , Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved H.J. Res. 7 yesterday [a constitutional amendment], strengthening the state’s official English law. The measure passed with [B]more than 85 percent[/B] of the vote, as 2.4 million Missourians cast ballots in favor of the measure. The approved measure makes English the official language of all official proceedings in Missouri. [/QUOTE]

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