Mar 4, 2011
The Georgia House on Thursday passed a tough immigration law that would require employers to verify the legal status of workers they hire. House Bill 87, which has been likened to the Arizona immigration law, was passed 113-56 and goes to the state Senate.
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Rep. John Dougall's proposal to allow Utah residents to sponsor an immigrant and bypass the federal immigration process passed through the House by a wide margin Thursday. The Highland Republican saw his bill, HB469, as a test to reassert states' rights to oversee immigration and bring people who...
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Mar 3, 2011
Two lawmakers who have been at odds with each other on immigration legislation stood together Wednesday to jointly introduce a migrant worker bill that seeks to begin a partnership between Utah and a state in Mexico.
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Republican state lawmakers weren't kidding last year when they vowed to take on illegal immigration in Georgia. In recent months, they have introduced no fewer than eight bills seeking to crack down on a long list of problems tied to illegal immigrants.
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Georgia moved one step closer Monday to mounting an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration when a key legislative panel passed a 22-page bill targeting the problem.
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Illegal immigrants would be barred from driving in the state, enrolling in school or receiving most public benefits. Their children would receive special birth certificates that would make clear that the state does not consider them Arizona citizens.
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Just when you didn't think it could get much worse for immigrants in these United States, it actually does. This time, it's in Texas.
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Yesterday, we reported that Arizona State Senator Russell Pearse had introduced yet another anti-immigrant bill to the Arizona Senate. If you thought SB 1070 was bad, check out SB 1611.
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Chalk up another example of "What's the matter with Kansas?"
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A bill allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Colorado's public colleges passed its first test Thursday, clearing a Senate committee after a nearly three-hour hearing in which one opponent asked that all non citizens be removed from the room.
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