Report: 25 states considering Arizona-style immigration laws

Yahoo News ^ | October 29, 2010 | Liz Goodwin

[Pete]

An immigrant-rights group has released a report (PDF) predicting that 25 states may try next year to pass anti-illegal-immigration laws similar to Arizona's controversial legislation.

The number of states considering legislation modeled after SB1070, the bill that Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law this spring, is apparently growing: Earlier, pro-enforcement groups said 22 states were considering the bill, the Washington Independent's Elise Foley notes.

The new efforts are going forward even after a federal judge ruled key parts of the Arizona law unconstitutional and enjoined its enforcement in Arizona in July. That decision is now under appeal before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court.

Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina are most likely to pass a similar law next year, the new report says. Tennessee, Utah, Florida, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arkansas, Indiana, Colorado, Virginia, Minnesota, Missouri, Idaho and Kansas made the report's "maybe" list. In Maryland, Nevada, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio and Rhode Island, the legislation is seen as less likely to pass.

The report notes that from 2006 to 2008, municipalities passed a host of local laws and statutes cracking down on employers hiring illegal immigrants.

This next wave of legislation, the report says, will be aimed at getting local law enforcement to check immigration status in routine police stops, as SB1070 mandates.

Lawmakers may be influenced by how the Ninth Circuit rules on SB1070, and how the Supreme Court rules on the state's 2007 employer-sanction law passed. Finances may also influence local politicians' decisions, as more immigration-related arrests and court battles end up costing cities and counties that adopt such rules. One industry stands to benefit from such laws.

[Pete]

I mentioned on another thread that November 2 is not the apex of the Tea Party movement but a point on the low end of an exponential curve (More on how that works here). Next year, I would expect an increase in term limit and 10th amendment activity. This story is an example. Of course, it is written from the point of view of the other side.

[Logical me]

may try next year

Not good enough. Should have followed AZ the very day that AZ enacted their immigration law. Why are the good constitutional Americans in power act like cowards I cannot understand. It is this lack of guts encourages the communists to just push ahead.

[I see my hands]

Considering: Pol BS word.

[veracious]

Don't consider; Just Do It !

Don't be afraid of the Feds, you have a constitutional requirement to operate as sovereign states.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Because the other states wanted to see what the repercussions would be (boycots, federal lawsuits, etc). The sky did not fall on Arizona, and an overwhleming majority of US citizens approve this new law. Therefore the mood of the electorate and timing is right, particularly after the tea party wave hits in the mid-terms.

[SpottedBeaver]

Don't forget that there are many state legislatures that are not in session every year. Nevada and Texas are two states where the legislature only meets every other year. For example, Texas was not is session this year and their next session will be next year. The only thing those lawmakers can do until they are in session is talk.

We like it that way. They only get to screw us every other year instead of every year.

[ScottinVA]

Not good enough.

It's probably more of a timing issues... perhaps waiting for Governors and state legislatures to get seated first. As those state governments will be more conservative in nature, stronger packages will probably find their way forward.

[ScottinVA]

issues=issue

[jnsun]

We agree with the exponential hypothesis and its sociopolitical foundation in information processing. One of the ramifications is that a government, or any sufficiently financed organization, can effectively track each and every individual across the face of the planet in realtime. We have posted the technical analysis elsewhere on FR.

In the case of an authority with police power (government) that gives one of two possibilities, either a singular top-down authoritarian mandate on individual behavior, ala the Borg, OR, a judiciously limited authority which remains respectful of individual responsibility and empowerment, ala the Prime Directive.

Let us repeat that clearly so there is no misunderstanding among the citizens of a nation, or the world:

Given the informational power of modern technology, a government offers only two options: 1) top-down authoritarianism - this is the LEFT of centralized government and weak-willed citizens, ala the Democratic Party, OR 2) respect for (and trust in) individual responsibility and individual moral consciousness, ala the Conservative Road. (Who knows what the "Republicans" stand for).

This choice has surfaced repeatedly historically, but is increasingly graphic in the accelerated world of information processing.

The humorous angle is, if it were not so serious, is that given the prodigious information and choice now available to every literate human being, the so-called Progressives are indeed the Reactionaries, unwilling to trust in the technical power universally accessible, and unwilling to trust in the common citizen intellect to exploit it.

As the Suntrade Institute has continuously said the scum of humanity are those who cannot freely offer product or choice to others but rather must impose their own agenda on such.

Johnny Suntrade

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s good for Americans and their representatives to do all this. However, it only take one lesbo, pedophile or other sexual deviant in a black robe to toss the whole thing out. Very frustrating. The “judicial branch” is running the asylum now with powers never given to them by anybody or anything.

[PATRIOT1876]

Cool!

Let's make it all 50 states.

Well, maybe 49. Let them bring in the illegal invaders, terrorists, murderers, drug cartel bums, etc.

In light of Kalifornia’s bull-headed determination to destroy itself with the moronic attack against it's own industry via the hoax-based Cap n’ Trade Scam, we should let them do as they please. However, we should cut all exporting of oil, electricity, gas, gasoline or any carbon fuels since they think it is so “nasty.”

Hilary come and get us!

;-)

[PATRIOT1876]

*Because the other states wanted to see what the repercussions would be (boycots, federal lawsuits, etc). The sky did not fall on Arizona, and an overwhleming majority of US citizens approve this new law. Therefore the mood of the electorate and timing is right, particularly after the tea party wave hits in the mid-terms.*

I believe that We the People should have a civil suit against all the Federal employees that spearheaded the lawsuits against Arizona for wasting our money and time when they should’ve been doing their jobs and HELPING to keep the illegal invaders out.

Arizona should sue for time and money lost on frivilous lawsuits to be paid personally by all the politicians involved in causing this to happen.

Pony up some dough, Hilary!

[PATRIOT1876]

*Because the other states wanted to see what the repercussions would be (boycots, federal lawsuits, etc). The sky did not fall on Arizona, and an overwhleming majority of US citizens approve this new law. Therefore the mood of the electorate and timing is right, particularly after the tea party wave hits in the mid-terms.*

I believe that We the People should have a civil suit against all the Federal employees that spearheaded the lawsuits against Arizona for wasting our money and time when they should’ve been doing their jobs and HELPING to keep the illegal invaders out.

Arizona should sue for time and money lost on frivolous lawsuits to be paid personally by all the politicians involved in causing this to happen.

Pony up some dough, Hilary!