How New Immigration Laws Are Changing States
Press Release by Issuing Company
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Since Arizona passed SB 1070 in 2010, five other states signed similar legislation into law: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and Indiana. Some of those laws are on hold pending court rulings, but lawmakers in say they've already seen successes, as well as unforeseen consequences.
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NEAL CONAN, HOST:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. After Governor Jan Brewer signed Arizona's controversial immigration law, five other states enacted similar legislation, and if the U.S. Supreme Court rules to uphold all or parts of the law this summer, several more may follow the same model.
While court orders stopped enforcement of the law in Arizona, some or all of the new immigration laws are in effect in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Utah and Indiana, and they've changed things for farmers, businesses, schools, for law enforcement and, of course, for immigrants - illegal and otherwise.
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