Remembering 9/11

Today I had the privilege to be at the Lisbon Town Hall Park 9/11 Memorial Dedication.

Around a thousand people came, some parking up to a mile away, to remember and reflect. The keynote speaker today was Senator Ron Johnson, who called us to continue to work for freedom.

Lisbon Town Chairman Matt Gehrke and the rest of the organizers of the Dedication are to be commended for the moving tribute they put together.

Menomonee Falls: Town Hall Meeting

Residents of Menomonee Falls are invited to join Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner and State Representative Don Pridemore for a Town Hall Meeting this Sunday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Menomonee Falls Village Hall
W156 N8480 Pilgrim Rd
Menomonee Falls, WI

Hartford: Don Pridemore and Jim Sensenbrenner!

Residents of Hartford are invited to join Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner and State Representative Don Pridemore for a Town Hall Meeting this Sunday, July 10th at 7:00pm at the Hartford City Hall to discuss the issues on your mind.

Location: 109 North Main Street, Hartford. Those attending are asked to use the rear parking lot entrance.

For the complete list of upcoming town hall meetings, please refer to Congressman Sensenbrenner’s website at http://sensenbrenner.house.gov

Legislature News from the LRB

Check http://legis.wisconsin.gov/spotlight/ for news about the legislature!

Rep. Pridemore’s Concealed Carry Bill

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT
TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 126

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Rep. Pridemore introduces Immigration Bill

State Representative Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) has introduced a bill requiring local law enforcement officers to act when an individual is suspected of a crime and fails to provide identification. Representative Pridemore began working on this bill in August of 2010. The bill has gone through four revisions. The primary focus of the revisions was to eliminate any and all forms of racial profiling while protecting the integrity of U.S. citizenship.

The bill will also prevent local governments in Wisconsin from providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants and prevent the opportunity for illegal immigrants to obtain taxpayer funded benefits for which they are not entitled.

“This is an action that should have begun long ago when the federal government and the current administration stopped efforts to secure our borders. Now that the illegal drug trade and human trafficking have put the lives and property of those along our borders in peril, we must do all we can to dissuade the criminal element from looking at Wisconsin as a safe haven,” Pridemore said. “The ‘status quo’ is unacceptable in terms of the costs of law enforcement, crime, taxes, and social benefits, along with a host of other social problems tied to the issue. To simply do nothing would sentence another generation of families to a life of hiding in car trunks, continuously looking over their shoulder and continuing to be slaves of their work environment,” Pridemore continued.

“However,” Pridemore added, “we will take strong measures to ensure that the bill does not promote racial profiling.” Under the new bill, a law enforcement officer may not consider a person’s race, color, or national origin when conducting an investigation. Nor will local law enforcement be allowed to determine a person’s immigration status. Reasonable suspicion of breaking this law can only begin after the 48 hour period of not providing identification has passed.

An individual who has first broken the law, and then fails to prove his or her lawful presence in the U.S., may be held for up to 48 hours. During that time the person will be allowed to obtain appropriate documentation. If the person cannot produce the required documents, the matter will be referred to federal immigration services.

2011 Constitutent Survey

How do you feel about issues coming up to the Wisconsin legislature? Let us know in our constituent survey!

Concealed Carry

2011 5-10 Constitutional Concealed Carry Press Release

Assembly Bill 72

Conceal and Carry

Conceal and carry Cosponsor memo

conceal and carry 2011

Don Pridemore on WVCY-TV 30

Jim Schneider talked to Rep. Don Pridemore, who represents the 99th district, about the pending Voter ID legislation going through the legislature this week. They talked about the many facets in the legislation and how it would help limit voter fraud.

Once Again the Journal/Sentinel Highlights the Liberal Point of View

During a recent news conference in Milwaukee that was reported by JS Online reporter, Georgia Pabst on April 16, 2011, numerous mischaracterizations were reportedly given by those in opposition to my Illegal Immigration legislation.

LRB-1116 is NOT a copycat version of Arizona’s proposal, S1070. If you lay both bills side by side and actually compare them, several differences would be apparent. First of all, LRB-1116 is only 6 pages long compared to the 43 pages of S1070. In addition, police agencies can NOT assume reasonable suspicion just because someone may be walking down the sidewalk and look like they may be here illegally. Employers are NOT affected by LRB-1116 and Federal statutes and penalties are NOT duplicated in state statues.

Opponents, and at least one is a lawyer, also assume that just because the most liberal court in the land has rendered a decision against Arizona’s law that the same ruling would apply to LRB-1116. The language that the 9th circuit court ruled on is not contained in LRB-1116. In fact, you must first commit a crime or civil violation and then refuse to offer any identification like a state issued ID card or driver’s license within 48 hours BEFORE you can be considered under “reasonable suspicion”.

The opponents of LRB-1116 are trying to appeal to the emotions of those in the liberal Latino community by using these scare tactics. Rather then debate me on the merits or invite me to meet with any of their groups they have chosen to take shots at it from a distance. They want to play politics and all I want to do is discourage the criminal element that is leaving Arizona from coming to Wisconsin. Adding Wisconsin to the growing list of states concerned that the federal government is not enforcing its own immigration laws would be a laudable goal. Since the federal government has stopped building the border fence that was designed to stop human trafficking and the drug trade from crossing over, we must enact laws like LRB-1116 to insure our own safety and security.