The Florida Immigrant Coalition is afraid that a law as tough as Arizona's SB1070 - or even tougher - would plunge the state into a severe economic recession since the area depends so much on Hispanic investment, labor and spending.
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Mar 30, 2011
In Texas, the Republican Party is changing its tactics on illegal immigration. The relatively welcoming, tolerant attitude embraced by George W. Bush when he was governor is waning. It has been overtaken by a flood of Arizona-style get-tough measures, with nearly 100 immigration bills written or filed.
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Legislation targeting illegal immigrants in Mississippi died quietly at the Capitol this week along with a slew of related measures that failed to make it out by deadline. The bill that drew the most buzz - modeled after an Arizona law that gives law enforcement the authority to check...
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Mar 29, 2011
A Georgia House committee on Monday took up a Senate bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration in the state and substituted the text of a more comprehensive House bill. The House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee was set to consider the Senate bill proposed by state Sen. Jack Murphy,...
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Ahead of the one-year anniversary of SB 1070, the Center for American Progress released a new report entitled "A Rising Tide or a Shrinking Pie: The Economic Impact of Legalization Versus Deportation," analyzing what would happen if SB 1070 were carried out to its full intended effect and every...
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The Arizona Senate recently struck down five bills that aimed to prevent illegal immigrants from using schools, hospitals or other state services — the latest setback for tough state bills targeting illegal immigration. After Arizona last year passed its immigration enforcement bill, which would have given police officers more...
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Mar 26, 2011
Some of the toughest bills in the nation aimed at illegal immigrants are making their way through legislatures in the South. Proposed legislation in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, where Republicans control the legislatures and the governors' mansions, have moved further than similar proposals in many other states.
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Arizona's economy would lose $48.8 billion if the state expels all undocumented immigrants living there, according to a report made public Thursday. A mass departure of the undocumented foreigners would eliminate 581,000 jobs in Arizona and tax receipts would drop by 10.1 percent, according to the report by...
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Thousands of people gathered at the Georgia Capitol Thursday, waving signs and chanting to protest legislation that targets illegal immigrants. Javier Mendez, his wife and their 18-month-old son were among the crowd that police estimated at roughly 5,000 people. The 35-year-old waiter, who lives in Roswell, said he came...
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Arizona-style immigration bills are under attack in several states, with some of the strongest opposition to the proposals coming from agricultural interests like the cotton and peach farmers here in central Georgia. Farmers in states from Florida to Indiana are pressuring—and in some cases persuading—state politicians to rethink proposed...
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