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Surge in Immigration Laws Around U.S.
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: August 6, 2007
State legislatures, grappling with the failure of the federal government to overhaul the immigration laws, considered 1,404 immigration measures this year and enacted 170 of them, an unprecedented surge in state-level lawmaking on the issue, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Spurred by rising resentment in the country over illegal immigration and by the collapse of a broad immigration bill in the Senate in June, state legislators nationwide adopted measures to curb employment of unauthorized immigrants and to make it more difficult for them to obtain state identification documents like driver’s licenses.
State lawmakers have introduced about two and half times more immigration bills this year than in 2006, and the number that have become law is more than double the 84 bills enacted last year.
Every state debated immigration issues, and 41 states adopted immigration laws. A large number of new laws cracked down on employers who hire illegal immigrants. The broadest measure was passed in Arizona and signed into law by Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, in July. Arizona employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants face suspension of their business license for the first offense and the permanent loss of their license for a second offense within three years. The law requires employers to verify the status of job applicants with a federal immigration database known as Basic Pilot.
“The message loud and clear from our constituents was their frustration that the federal government has not taken the necessary action to secure the border,” Timothy S. Bee, a Republican who is the president of the Arizona Senate, said in a telephone interview yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/wa...n/06immig.html
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Sadly amnesty is what the all Presidential candidates seem to want for the United States, sadly enough so did McCain. But, his arm can be twisted and he's already about facing on the matter so he would be the better choice. Both Clinton and Obama have made tall promises in pandering to the Latino voters. The real fight will be in the Senate and House races. If your sick of illegal immigration and having to foot the bill for ingrates who march in our streets holding foreign flags and shouting anti-American slogans, pay close attention to your house and senate races for November. By all means check out your congressmen at
http://grades.betterimmigration.com/, just click on your state. You can see how your Congressmen have actually VOTED on immigration matters, not their campaign rhetoric. Don't vote for any incumbent that gets less than a C.
05-29-2008, 06:14 PM
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