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Kansas Immigration Law: Kansas's Business Owners Ask Legislators To Start …Huffington PostAn architect of state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration is a leading Republican officeholder in Kansas, but business groups in his home state are asking legislators to move in the opposite direction by starting an unusual program …and more » View full [...]

House Democrats to seek repeal of parts of immigration lawAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBy Jeremy Redmon Democratic state lawmakers say they will seek to repeal parts of Georgia's tough new immigration enforcement law, complaining it is harming the state's $68.8 billion farming industry. AP source: Another $5M donated to pro-Gingrich PAC …and more » View full post on [...]

Tough Immigration Laws: Tough on ChildrenHuffington PostAlabama has passed the toughest immigration enforcement law in the country. Now children born in the USA, American citizens, are living in fear. Some children are afraid to go to school. According to Bill Lawrence, principal of Foley Elementary in …and more » View full post on law – Google [...]

USA TODAY Ala., Ga. farmers adjust planting after immigration crackdownUSA TODAYFarmers have claimed not enough US citizens want the jobs, but some said the issue is actually that producers won't offer a high enough wage to attract legal workers. Brett Hall, Alabama's deputy agriculture commissioner, said nurseries across south …and more » View full post on [...]

South Carolina's Immigration Law Weighs on Latinos' Minds Before GOP PrimaryABC News (blog)Her sister is now gone, deported back to Guatemala after South Carolina passed one of the country's strictest immigration laws. Left behind is her sister's young son. “I felt hopeless when they deported her,” she said in Spanish. …and more » View full post [...]

Farmers Brace for Changes Under Tough Immigration LawsFox NewsFarmers have claimed not enough US citizens want the jobs, but some said the issue is actually that producers won't offer a high enough wage to attract legal workers. Brett Hall, Alabama's deputy agriculture commissioner, said nurseries across south …and more » View full post on legal – [...]

al.com (blog) Kris Kobach, co-author of Alabama immigration law, backs Mitt Romney in South …al.com (blog)By George Talbot Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State and co-author of Alabama's controversial immigration law, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and was scheduled to campaign for Romney in South Carolina today. …Romney Faces Heat on ImmigrationWall Street [...]

Arizona Capitol Times Arizona Democrats Plan to Repeal Immigration LawFox NewsDemocratic lawmakers in Arizona plan to file a bill that would repeal the state's controversial immigration law. The Arizona Republic reports that this week Democratic state Sen. Steve Gallardo, of Phoenix, plans to file the measure, which would mark …Mitt Romney Endorsed By Architect Of [...]

ThinkProgress Proposal would require Missouri schools to verify students' immigration statusKansas City StarIt also would require law enforcement officers to check immigration status on all stops when they have reasonable cause, and create a state misdemeanor for not carrying proper citizenship documentation. The US Department of Justice last year sued to …Message to Missouri Schools: [...]

Conference of Bishops pan state immigration lawsSalt Lake TribuneKobach, Kansas' secretary of state, helped craft Arizona's SB1070 enforcement-only law as well as South Carolina's law and he has been at the forefront of the anti-immigration movement. “I'm so proud to earn Kris's support,” Romney said in his …and more » View full post on law – [...]