Arizona Republic article (broken link)
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The staff at the National Conference of State Legislatures, which held its fall meeting in Arizona last week, documented the number of immigration-related bills introduced in statehouses in 2007. They tallied 1,562, up more than 250 percent from the 2006 legislative session.
"Immigration is now a 50-state issue," said Sheri Steisel, who works on immigration issues for the legislative group
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Side note: it appears that the word 'undocumented' is being replaced by 'illegal' when used in conjunction with immigrants coming here unlawfully.
Interesting, very interesting change in semantics.
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