A bill being called the Safe Students Act would require school principals in North Carolina to ask parents about their child's citizenship and immigration status when the child is enrolled for the first time. That information would be used only for the state's financial analysis, the bill stipulates, and...
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Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling to uphold Arizona's law requiring state businesses use the E-Verify system strikes a crushing blow to the Arizona agriculture industry. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) wants mandatory E-Verify at the national level, which would devastate the American Agricultural industry. In the absence of Comprehensive Immigration...
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Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling to uphold Arizona's law requiring state businesses use the E-Verify system strikes a crushing blow to the Arizona agriculture industry. If other states follow Arizona's lead, or if Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) gets his wish and rams through a mandatory E-Verify law this summer,...
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May 26, 2011
Indiana's new immigration law includes unlawful provisions that would allow local police to interfere with federal authorities and arrest immigrants -- documented or not -- for reasons that have little to do with criminal activity, one civil rights group says.
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May 25, 2011
Those suspected of being in the country illegally soon may have to prove they are U.S. citizens, at least in South Carolina. S.C. House members approved an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigrants by a 69-43 vote.
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A bill mirroring some of the tough enforcement measures of Arizona's controversial Immigration bill was introduced Tuesday by a state Republican legislator in Wisconsin. The legislation introduced by Rep. Don Pridemore of Hartford would force local law enforcement to ask those stopped for civil or criminal violations for proof...
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May 24, 2011
Georgia is putting in place a new law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants, and many across the state are nervous. Businesses fear an economic boycott, the Latino community fears police officers will abuse their new powers, and farmers in South Georgia fear the law will hurt them...
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May 23, 2011
Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any federal movement on the matter, up from just six in 2010. But an Associated Press review found that in legislature after legislature, nearly all the most punitive measures failed.
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May 20, 2011
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder told an audience of Hispanic business leaders that the state doesn't need an Immigration enforcement law like the one causing controversy in Arizona. Snyder told members of the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Thursday in Detroit that such a law would "encourage a divisive atmosphere."...
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Texas State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (D-McAllen) used a procedural tactic to derail an anti-immigration bill that was moving in that state's legislature. The bill could be brought back, but time is running out. The legislative session ends on May 30th.
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