Frustrated with Congress's inability to pass an immigration overhaul bill, state legislatures are considering or enacting a record number of strongly worded proposals targeting illegal immigrants.
By the time most legislatures adjourned in May, at least 1,100 immigration bills had been submitted by lawmakers, more than double last year's record total, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This year's total is expected to grow as the issue continues to dominate debate in statehouses still in session.
These laws limit illegal immigrants' ability to obtain jobs, find housing, get driver's licenses and receive many government services. They also empower state law enforcement agencies to inquire into an immigrant's legal status and hold for deportation those deemed to be here illegally. The idea is to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will leave the state -- if not the country.
4 comments:
I don't agree with the tactics that are being used here in order to control the mass immigration of illegal immigrants into this country. Yes they are here illegally but yet we need them because they tend to take the jobs that no one seems to want.
I also do not agree because the economy of the United States would suffer severly without the illegal immigrants, such as the immigrants form mexico. Illegal immigration is highly profitable to both the United States and Mexico. Employes can make more money and therefore consume more causing our economy to do better.
I sort of agree with this because the number illlegal immigrants living here continues to grow and if laws can't stop it from growing then nothing will. Immigrants are constantly coming to the U.S. illegally, and they don't bother take the time to be a full citizen here. On the other hand, I do feel that our economy would've never been so productive without them.
I disagree with this bill. The idea to make it difficult to find jobs, housing, and to get drivers' licenses, while discouraging the immigrants from staying, would also damage the country's economy.
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