Political Battle On Illegal Immigration Moves To The States

From Rebellion:

Political Battle on Illegal Immigration Shifts to Statesfrom feed/http://www.dixienet.org/rebellion/atom.xml by Old RebelThat's not my headline! Washington is hopelessly gridlocked, so any hope of action against illegal immigration rests with the people of the States. And local leaders are stepping up to the challenge:






Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states say they will propose bills similar to a controversial law to fight illegal immigration that was adopted by Arizona last spring, even though a federal court has suspended central provisions of that statute.



The efforts, led by Republicans, are part of a wave of state measures coming this year aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.



Legislators have also announced measures to limit access to public colleges and other benefits for illegal immigrants and to punish employers who hire them.



Next week, at least five states plan to begin an unusual coordinated effort to cancel automatic United States citizenship for children born in this country to illegal immigrant parents.



Yes, 2011 promises to be a blast!