We at News http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifTaco have been wondering how all of these state level immigration laws were going to happen. What with budget shortfalls, unemployment, redistricting and such, what is the enforcement of these laws going to look like?
My inclination has been to think that it’s a matter of side-show politics taking center stage. State legislators have been lining up to propose and debate Arizona-type immigration bills (in 19 states at last count) because they made campaign promises and because it’s the kind of issue that politicians like. Newt Gingrich famously said that conservative politicians should find issues with 80 percent approval, stand next to them and wave. And Lamar Smith, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, recently called immigration a 70 percent issue. They’re playing the odds.
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[posted by Sylvia Lopez]
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