Surge in Immigration Laws Around U.S. - New York Times
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- Tedperl on 2007-08-06 - Tags federalism , immigration , legislation
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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
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tate 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, according to the conference, a nonpartisan
organization that includes all the state legislatures
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A large number of new laws cracked down on employers who hire illegal immigrants
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Several states — including Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Nevada —
passed new laws or hardened existing ones to bar illegal immigrants from
obtaining driver’s licenses
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Eleven states enacted 15 laws on public benefits, most of them denying state
assistance to illegal immigrants
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