WASHINGTON – State legislatures passed
20 percent fewer immigration laws in the first half of this year than
at the same time last year, according to a new report by the National
Conference of State Legislatures.
Lawmakers in 41 states enacted 114 bills and 92 resolutions that
dealt with immigration between Jan. 1 and June 30 this year, compared
with 257 such laws enacted during the same time period last year,
according to the report released on Monday.
States delayed immigration legislation in part as they waited for the
Supreme Court to rule on the states' authority to enforce immigration
laws, said John Watkins, a Republican state senator in Virginia who
co-chairs the conference's Task Force on Immigration and the States.
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2 comments:
Why pass new ones? They don't inforce the ones already on the books.
Words right out of my mouth, 1125, Why can't we just enforce the ones we have? They've worked for over 200 years.
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