04-27-2008, 10:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Republik of Kalifornia
Age: 50
Posts: 1,846
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Originally Posted by JMS
and theres really nothing you can do about it, lol.
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Ya think?
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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 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.
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...6immig.html?hp
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