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States Take Up Immigration Issue

Thursday, 29 November 2007

State lawmakers, stepping into a vacuum left by the defeat of immigration legislation in Washington, have considered more than 1,560 bills related to immigration this year and enacted 244 of them in 46 states, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures. The number of measures enacted nearly tripled from the 84 in 2006, creating a legal patchwork for immigrants across the country. A large number of measures determined whether states would give drivers' and other licenses to illegal immigrants, and established penalties for employers hiring those immigrants. Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/us/30brfs-STATESTAKEUP_BRF.html?ex=1354078800&en=7b82c7c863ca4ece&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

 

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