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States Pass Strict Immigration Laws |
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Lack
of federal immigration legislation is causing states to pass their own
immigration laws — some of which are so stringent that thousands of
Hispanics have chosen to leave their home states.
"As predicted, states are taking a harsh stance on immigration in
the absence of comprehensive immigration reform," says Jeanne Ramsay,
SAF's senior director of government relations. "Starting in 2006,
several states took matters into their own hands ... the state
[immigration] laws include penalties, fines and other punitive
consequences for conducting business with undocumented workers."
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