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www.nclr.org

April18,

2011

one year later:

a look at sb 1070 and

copycat legislation

By A. Elena Lacayo

OvErviEw

On Apl 23, 2010, Azona Goeno Jan Bee sgne nto la SB 1070, the natonsmost punte mmgaton legslaton, catapultng he, State Senato russell Peace

(the blls sponso), an ant-mmgant ntates nto the natonal spotlght. The

legslaton as mmeately contoesal an ace boa opposton thn the state,

nclung om the mayos o the states to lagest ctes, the states Nate Amecantbes, the Azona Assocaton o Ches o Polce, the busness communty, an ath

an communty oganzatons. wely conemne by the countys leang cl ghts

oganzatons o essentally coyng an legtmzng acal polng, the la alsospae geat contoesy natonally, leang to boycotts,* tael bans, an lasutsaganst the state, an geneatng statements o opposton om a host o ese oces

angng om elgous nsttutons to the entetanment an spots ol. Embolene

by ole attentonan n spte o the amage to the states mage, lost busness

an tousm eenue, an eobtant legal ees that Azona has ace snce the passageo SB 1070the legslatos an pate nteest goups that helpe pass ths la

announce the ntent to ntouce an pass copycat blls o ths la n othe states.

Hoee, the juy s stll out on ho successul ths state-by-state campagn has been.

Changes n many state legslatues ate the 2010 mtem electons, hen republcanson a majoty o supe-majoty status n a numbe o states, esulte n speculaton

that Azona copycat las oul qucly moe oa. But hle 31 states hae

attempte to aance a copycat measue snce the passage o SB 1070the ast

majoty n the om o legslaton an seeal though the ballot ntate pocessUtahs the only state hee the goeno has sgne legslaton smla to SB 1070, an een

thee, the la comes as a hyb pacage that sgnals a nee to aess the ajustment

to legal status o unocumente mmgants. in 2010, none o the states hee copycat

measues ee ntouce aopte them, an n 2011, th a numbe o legslatesessons n m-couse o comng to a close, 11 o the 24 states conseng copycats

hae eeate them o ene them conseaton. Een Azona ecently ote on

anothe set o e eteme ant-mmgant blls.

whle states contnue to gapple th the consequences o an legtmate publcustaton oe eeal nacton on mmgatoncontons that ee eplote to

aance Azonas acal polng lathe eeat o stalle pogess o SB 1070 copycat

an elate measues sgnals an oppotunty to change ecton on the cult ssue

o mmgaton. As states ae epeencng eep buget challenges, the pospect omplementng costly manates o ubous consttutonalty, th the elate legal

challenges an busness an eenue losses, may nally be gettng a much-neee,

act-base, economc analyss. Clealy, a hanul o states may stll pass copycats ths

yea, an othe states ll see such blls entouce. Hoee, as the lessons omAzona contnue to spea an opposton gosnclung oces om the busness

communty, local la enocement, an cl ghts, ath, socal justce, an mmgant

* On May 5, 2010, the Natonal Councl o La raza (NCLr) jone th 51 othe cl ghts an socal justce oganzatons to

call o a omal boycott o conentons, coneences, an othe specal eents nolng sgncant tael to Azona om

out o state. Moe nomaton on the boycott can be oun at .boycottntoleance.og.


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ONE YEAr LATEr: A LOOk AT SB 1070 ANd COPYCAT LEGiSL ATiON

aocacy goupsthee coul be both a geate

ealzaton ho a patcho o state las aschaos to an aleay ysunctonal mmgaton

system as ell as enee pessue on Congess

to ele the eal solutons that t alone has

juscton oe.

OriGiNS Of SB 1070

Azona aleay ha a eputaton o aancng

punte ant-mmgant measues, an oneo those s cuently on the ocet o the U.S.

Supeme Cout.* Anothe poposal smla to SB

1070 as peously etoe by ome AzonaGoeno Janet Napoltano. Yet eence shosthat SB 1070 as not a gassoots eot but a

coonate campagn nolng seeal natonal

oganzatons an gues n the ant-mmgant

moement. Ths natonal eot s also one o theey easons hy copycat legslaton has spea so

qucly to othe states.

Although Azona State Senato russell Peace

ntouce SB 1070, he ha conseable assstanceom natonal ant-mmgant oganzatons th

hom he has been ong o yeas. Pmay

authoshp o the bll has been cete to

ks kobach, a la poesso om kansas longassocate th the feeaton o Amecan

immgaton reom (fAir) an ts legal am, the

immgaton reom La insttute. kobach ha a

han n atng an eenng a numbe o statean local ant-mmgant poposals, many o hch

hae been challenge n o oetune by the

couts o the ubous consttutonalty, nclung

those n Hazleton, Pennsylana, valley Pa,Mssou, an fames Banch, Teas.1 kobach as

ecently electe as the kansas Secetay o State

an unsuccessully pusue copycat eots n that

state.

Moeoe, Natonal Publc rao (NPr) hasae to epots uncoeng the collaboaton

beteen pate pson nusty lobbysts an ant-

mmgant legslatos, une the auspces o theAmecan Legslate Echange Councl, to scuss

an appoe the moel legslaton that became

SB 1070 an that coul be ntouce n multple

states. By nceasng the cmnalzaton ommgants, theeoe epanng gouns o the

ncaceaton an etenton, ths type o legslaton

coul mean hunes o mllons o ollas n

pots to pate pson companes esponsble ohousng them.2

rEACTiON TO SB 1070

whle Azona SB 1070 s the most eteme

eample o state mmgaton legslaton to

ate, t s not the st attempt to egulatemmgaton at the state leel. in ecent yeas,

spue by the eeal goenments alue to

pass compehense mmgaton eom, states

an localtes hae playe a gong ole n

mmgaton egulaton. Such state las haeattempte to estct mmgants access to

health cae, lcenses, an publc benets, penalze

* in 2007, Azona passe the Legal Azona woes Act, hch manates the use o E-vey by all employes an mposes sanctons

on employes ho ae oun to he unocumente oes. The la s beng challenge by busness, labo, mmgant, an cl ghts

goups an s no penng beoe the U.S. Supeme Cout (Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al. v. Whiting). Accong

to the U.S. Ctzenshp an immgaton Seces ebste, E-vey s an intenet-base system that allos busnesses to etemne

the elgblty o the employees to o n the Unte States. vaous stues hae shon that E-vey uses eo-en, outate

atabases. it ncoectly entes authoze oes as unauthoze to o n ths county an s subject to employe msuse. fo

moe nomaton, see Cathene Sngley, Dangerous Business: Implications of an EEVS for Latinos and the U.S. Workforce (washngton,

dC: Natonal Councl o La raza, 2008).

Accong to the Southen Poety La Cente

(SPLC), hch tacs etemst goups n the

Unte States, fAir s one o the oganzatons

at the oeont o the ant-mmgant netoceate by John Tanton, ho has been at

the heat o the whte natonalst moement

o ecaes. SPLC lsts fAir as a hate goup

o acceptng moe than $1 mllon om thePonee fun, a whte supemacst ounaton

eote to pong a connecton beteen

ace an ntellgence, employng nuals

ho hae jone whte supemacst goups,ecutng boa membes ho egulaly te

o hate publcatons, an poucng telesonpogammng eatung whte natonalsts.3


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pesons ho employ o poe assstance an

seces to unocumente mmgants, aneque local polce to enoce eeal mmgaton

las. SB 1070, hoee, s the most egegous o

these, cmnalzng unocumente mmgants,

equng la enocement ocals to emanmmgaton ocuments, pemttng Azonans

to sue enocement agences they belee the

la s not enoce th sucent go, an

mang all Latnos n Azona suspect n the oncommuntes, egaless o the mmgaton

status.

The passage o SB 1070 ncte an mmeateesponse om the cl ghts communty nthe om o an economc boycott o the state.

fty-one cl ghts, labo, an socal justce

oganzatonsnclung NCLr,* the Asan

Amecan Justce Cente, the Natonal ActonNeto, the Sece Employees intenatonal

Unon, Unte foo an Commecal woes,

The Leaeshp Coneence on Cl an Human

rghts, the Natonal Pueto rcan Coalton, an theLeague o Unte Latn Amecan Ctzenscalle

o a omal boycott o conentons, coneences,

an othe specal eents nolng sgncant tael

to Azona om out o state.4

in aton, SounSte, a coalton o moe than 400 peomng

atsts, smultaneously ntate a boycott o the

state, plegng not to peom thee unless they

ee asng money o communtes aecte bythe boycott. By the en o 2011, these eots

ae epecte to hae cost Azona $752 mllon n

coneence cancellatons, boong eclnes, an

assocate lost eenue, as ell as anothe $17mllon o lost ta eenue ue to losses n tousm

spenng an employment.5

well-non ome electe an apponte ocals

an la enocement ocals mmeately spoe

out aganst SB 1070 ate ts passage. Ne YoCty Mayo Mchael Bloombeg sa that the la

s so aguely tten that t may oce oces

to stop people ho loo o ess eentlyo

ho spea a oegn language, o Englsh th an

accent. Notable poltcans an spots guesalso oppose the la, nclung ome floa

Goeno Jeb Bush, Phoen Suns Gua Stee

Nash, an een ome Geoge w. Bush poltcal

stategst kal roe, ho sa, i thn thee sgong to be some consttutonal poblems th

the bll. wthn the la enocement communty,

Phoen Polce Che Jac Has, Tucson Polce

Che robeto vllaseo, an Pma County SheClaence dupn state that the la oul mae

the job, as la enocement oces moe

cult.6

Numeous lasuts ee also le n oppostonto the Azona la, the st om Tucson polce

oce Matn Escoba, ho ame to enjon the

la. He as late jone by the Cty o Tucson n

hs sut.7 Atonally, on May 17, the AmecanCl Lbetes Unon (ACLU), Mecan Amecan

Legal deense an Eucatonal fun, Natonal

immgaton La Cente, NAACP, ACLU o Azona,

Natonal day Laboe Oganzng Neto, anAsan Pacc Amecan Legal Cente jone n

a lasut challengng the la, clamng that t

unlaully nteees th eeal poe an

authoty oe mmgaton mattes n olaton othe Supemacy Clause o the U.S. Consttuton.8

futhemoe, on July 6, the U.S. depatment o

Justce le a lasut aganst the la, an on July

28, just one ay beoe the la as to tae eect,sectons o SB 1070 ee bloce by a U.S. feeal

dstct Cout.9 By Noembe 2010, hen an

appeal as hea beoe the Nnth Ccut Cout o

Appeals, the legal ees to een SB 1070 ha costAzona tapayes oe $1.5 mllon.10

THE STATUS Of SB 1070COPYCATS THrOUGHOUT THE

COUNTrYThe passage o Azona SB 1070 cause a luy onteest om othe states that ee also ustate

* NCLrthe lagest natonal Hspanc cl ghts an aocacy oganzaton n the Unte Statesos to mpoe oppotuntes o

Hspanc Amecans. Though ts neto o nealy 300 alate communty-base oganzatons, NCLr eaches mllons o Hspancs

each yea n 41 states, Pueto rco, an the dstct o Columba. To achee ts msson, NCLr conucts apple eseach, polcy analyss,

an aocacy, pong a Latno pespecte n e ey aeasassets/nestments, cl ghts/mmgaton, eucaton, employment

an economc status, an health. in aton, t poes capacty-bulng assstance to ts Alates ho o at the state an local

leel to aance oppotuntes o nuals an amles.


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by eeal nacton on mmgaton. in the monthsollong ts passage, a numbe o mea epots

ncate that nealy hal o the county as

conseng SB 1070-le legslaton an that a

ae o such blls oul be ntouce n statelegslatues acoss the naton.11

To some egee, such epots ee coect. fo

eample, n the 2010 legslate sesson, 12 states

Aansas, floa, illnos, kansas, Lousana,Maylan, Mchgan, Mnnesota, Neaa, Noth

Caolna, Pennsylana, an rhoe islanejecte

SB 1070 copycat legslaton. in the 2011 sesson, at

least 24 states hae ntouce Azona-le las,but espte pectons that these states oul

easly pass copycats, legslatues hae obsee the

allout n Azona an ae nstea optng to ejecto elay passage o smla measues.

COPYCAT MOMENTUM STALLS

None o the states that scusse SB 1070 copycats

n 2010 passe legslaton. in 2011, 11 states

hae aleay eeate copycats o ene them

conseaton.* Ths s patculaly notable genthat the Noembe 2010 electons ushee n

a heae republcan legslate composton n

many states. Ths le some to assume that smla

ynamcs to those n Azonas 2010 legslatue

oul ensue, an th that, the quc passage ocopycats.

* A complete lst o the states that hae ejecte SB 1070, along th a legslate analyss o the state, can be oun n Appen A.

Passed SB 1070-style legislation

Passed a hybrid package of immigration laws

Rejected or refused to consider SB 1070-style legislation

Still considering SB 1070-style legislation

Rejected or refused to consider SB 1070-style legislation in 2010

CA

UT

AZ

OR

NM

TX

NV

CO

WY

ID

MT ND

SD

NE

KS

OK

MO

IA

WI

IL

LA

MN

TN

MS AL

FL

KY

INOH

PA

WVVA

NC

SC

GA

NY

MI

ME

MD

NJ

CT

NHVT

WA

AR

RIMA

DE


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esponsblty, an epess a ese to ensue thatany mmgaton ebate emans constucte. in

Utah, a state that began to ebate a copycat bllmonths beoe ts legslate sesson began, TheUtah Compactplaye an essental moeatngole. Leaes om inana announce The

Indiana Compact, hch has sloe the passage

o the on Azona-le bll, SB 590. Mayo

Mchael Bloombeg o Ne Yo Cty launchethe bpatsan Patneshp o a Ne Amecan

Economy, bngng togethe mayos an natonal

busness leaes n suppot o sensble mmgatoneom.

due to these actos, 11 states hae aleay

ejecte Azona copycat legslaton n 2011. whle

many legslate sessons hae yet to nsh the

tem, the eeat o many copycat blls, as ellas the passage o a hyb yet lae legslaton

n Utah, eeals the ese an nee o eeal

acton on mmgaton. wthout clze ebate,

een moe egegous legslaton coul ollo. in

CASE STUdY: UTAH

Een though ts legslate sesson not begnuntl Januay 2011, Utah consee copycatlegslaton shotly ate Azona passe ts bll

n 2010 hen Stephen Sanstom, a Utah state

epesentate an membe o State Legslatos o

Legal immgaton, state hs ntenton to ntoucean Azona clone n the 2011 sesson. Beoe

Sanstom as able to ntouce hs bll, hoee,

he began to ace esstance om ello electe

ocals an communty leaes. in aton, nJuly 2010, an mmgaton scanal n hch to

publc employees leae a lst o 1,300 allegely

unocumente mmgants to the publc cause

state ocals, nclung Attoney Geneal MaShutle, to conemn the act as an esponsble

beach o state secuty.24 Shotly ate ths eent,

n July, Utah Goeno Gay Hebet bought

togethe a goup o staeholes o a conesatonon the ssue. At the meetng, he ncate

that he ante legslaton that oul aess

multple acets o the mmgaton ssue, not just

enocement as the Azona la .25 despte ths,n Septembe, repesentate Sanstom elease

a at o hs enocement-only copycat bll, non

as the Utah illegal immgaton Enocement Act.26

in Noembe, a coalton o conseate Utah

leaes, nclung membes o the busness anelgous communtes, sgne The Utah Compact, a

ocument that ecognzes mmgaton as a eeal

ssue, suppots amly unty, an acnoleges thecontbutons o mmgants to Utahs economy.

Among the sgnes o the bll ee Utah Attoney

Geneal Ma Shutle, Salt Lae Chambe o

Commece Pesent Lane Beatte, ome UtahGoeno Olene wale, Catholc Bshop Ma

weste, deseet Management Copoaton CEOMa wlles, ome U.S. repesentate Jm

Hansen, an ome U.S. Senato Jae Gan.27

Moeoe, hle t not ocally sgn theCompact, the nluental Chuch o Jesus Chst o

Latte-day Sants enose t as a esponsble

appoach to the ugent challenge o mmgaton

eom.28

The Compact as not a pescpton o statelegslaton, but t hae nluence n slong

on Utahs copycat poposal. in the ee beoe

the en o the sesson, a sees o negotatons

too place n the legslatue, an on Mach 15,

Goeno Hebet sgne nto la a pacage o bllsthat attempt to eal th mmgaton at the state

leel. Among these blls ae HB 497, a less seee

eson o Azonas mmgaton-enocement bll,an HB 116, an attempt to ceate a guest oe

pogam o unocumente oes n Utah.29

Although Utahs nal la attempte to tae a

moe compehense appoach to mmgaton,ths pacage uthe emonstates the ays n

hch states ae nheently lmte n the ablty

to legslate mmgaton enocement. Not only ae

many o the posons om the pacage lely tobe unconsttutonal, such guest oe las oul

also ceate a state peceent that oul esult n

a 50-state patcho o mmgaton las. Thus,

espte Utahs lauable eot to pouce a moesensble an humane appoach to mmgaton,

the esultng lae legslaton only hghlghts the

nee o a eeal soluton to mmgaton eom

that nclues enocement as ell as a path tolegalzaton o mmgants ho ae contbutng to

the U.S. economy.


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act, n Januay 2011, the State Legslatos o

Legal immgaton, a coalton o state legslatosassocate th fAir, hel a pess coneence to

announce the ntenton to pass blls to epeal the

14th Amenment.23

deepe conseaton o the aboe actos has leto the ejecton o smssal o copycat legslaton

n the majoty o states that hae conclue

elbeatons on ths matte, tumpng the poltcal

motatons that oten le to the ntoucton.Hoee, many states ae stll n sesson an some,

pmaly n the South, ae stll seously conseng

o ae n the pocess o passng (n Geogas case)copycat legslaton n spte o these actos. Thesenclue Alabama, Geoga, Olahoma, South

Caolna, an Tennessee.* Geoga an South

Caolna aleay hae some o the most punte

ant-mmgant las on the boos. South Caolnahel heangs on ts copycat bll een beoe the

legslate sesson began, an many thought

t oul be the st state to pass legslaton.

Hoee, concens egang the blls mpact onthe economy hae elaye passage.

NCLr ll contnue to monto actty on copycat

measues an elease an upate eson o ths

epot once all state legslate sessons haeconclue.

CONCLUSiON

The stalle pogess o costly an unconsttutonal

SB 1070 copycat measues pesents an oppotunty

to oge a moe eecte, solutons-en ebateon mmgaton. Snce passage o Azonas

contoesal la, state legslatues n 2010 an

2011 hae seen copycats ejecte 21 tmes an

sgne nto la once, n Utah, hee lamaesattempte to chat a eent appoach. in lght

o the cuent economc enonment an theepecte legal challenges an costs assocate

th copycat measues, n aton to epanngopposton to such measues, t s epecte that

seeal moe states ll eeat copycat poposals

o eny them conseaton by the tme all 2011

legslate sessons conclue. The e statesthat cuently seem ntent on pushng ahea ll

lely ace smla legal challenges an losses to

those that Azona has epeence. Meanhle,n Azona, the njuncton peentng the most

egegous potons o SB 1070 om gong nto

eect ll stay n place, as ule ecently by the

Nnth Ccut Cout o Appeals.

Congessonal alue to act on sensble

mmgaton eom ll contnue to abet an

enonment pe o alse solutons le SB

1070. State legslatues coul be a poeuloce n pessung Congess nto acton they

ecte the enegy toa tuly holng the

congessonal elegatons accountable o thsssueate all, many states hee copycatsee consee hae membes o Congess

ho hae not suppote meanngul mmgaton

eom eots. in ong so, state legslatos

oul stengthen the ee-gong platomo busness, ath, la enocement, cl ghts,

labo, mmgant ghts, an socal justce leaes

nteeste n nng the much-neee solutons

to the systemc alue n ou cuent mmgatonpolces.

* A ull lst o these states can be oun n Appen B.


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APPENdix A:

SB 1070 rEJECTEd

in the ollong states, the legslatue eeate

o euse to conse an Azona-le bll n the

2011 legslate sesson. As shon belo, thesestates not only ay geatly n geogaphy an

emogaphcs, but also n the poltcal maeup

o the legslatues. fom states that ae splt

beteen pates, such as Coloao an kentucy,to states th lage republcan majotes, such as

kansas an Ne Hampshe, nealy a ozen state

legslatues hae ejecte SB 1070 copycats.

CALifOrNiA

2011 Session: December 6, 2010September 9,

2011

House: Democrat controlled; Senate: Democrat

controlled; Governor: Democrat, Jerry Brown

Snce the passage an subsequent poltcal allout

o Poposton 187 n Calonas 1994 geneal

electons, hch oul hae bae unocumentemmgants om eceng publc benets, the

Calona state legslatue has staye aay om

state mmgaton enocement eots, eng

them as poltcally unpopula. despte ths hstoy,AB 26, Calonas Azona copycat, as le on

the st ay o the 2011 legslate sesson by

Assemblyman Tm donnelly. On Apl 5, 2011, the

bll as ejecte n commttee by a 73 ote.30

COLOrAdO

2011 Session: January 12May 11, 2011

House: Republican controlled; Senate: Democrat

controlled; Governor: Democrat, John Hickenlooper

As Coloao heae nto the 2011 sesson, a

ebate on mmgaton as epecte n the state

legslatue. in 2006, Coloao passe SB 90, hch

eques state la enocement to coopeate

th eeal ocals an pohbts polces to thecontay. immgaton also playe a pomnent ole

n the states 2010 pmaes an geneal electon,

th the lage-magn eeat o the pomnent ant-mmgant canate republcan Tom Tanceo

by democat John Hcenloope, ho epesse

concen about SB 1070-le legslaton an nstea

aocate o eeal mmgaton eom unghs campagn.31 in the state legslatue, democats

ee able to eep a slght majoty n the Senate

hle republcans pce up a slght majoty n theHouse.32

Comng out o the 2010 electons, a numbe o

state legslatos, nclung repesentate ranyBaumgane an Senato-Elect kent Lambet,

announce plans to ntouce Azona copycat

legslaton. Although Lambet le SB 54 n the

Senate, repesentate Baumgane pulle hsbll, HB 1107, beoe t as een hea out o

concens suounng the consttutonalty o the

bll.33 Although the Azona copycat s consee

ea, othe peces o mmgant-elate legslatonmay stll be consee n the 2011 legslate

sesson.

iOwA2011 Session: January 10April 29, 2011


controlled; Governor: Republican, Terry Branstad

ioa as not one o the most lely states to

tae up Azona copycat legslaton. Although the2010 electons alloe o some sht n poe

as the republcans gane contol o the House

o repesentates, state poltcans not

mae mmgaton a legslate poty o thecampagn. Hoee, copycat las ee ntouce

n the Senate an the House. Both blls, Sf 102

an Hf 27, e as they ale to moe beoe theMach 11 unnel ate o blls to be appoeby the ognatng chambe. Among the local

goups that eghe n on the ssues ee the ioa

immgaton Eucaton Coalton, ioa Ctzens o

Communty impoement, an the ioa CatholcConeence.34

kANSAS


House: Republican controlled; Senate: Republican

controlled; Governor: Republican, Sam Brownback

As the home o ks kobach, autho o SB 1070 an

aous othe ant-mmgant onances, kansasstatonally conseate legslatue seeme

postone to seously conse a copycat la. in

the 2010 electons, republcans ncease the

majotes n the both the House an Senate anks kobach as electe kansas Secetay o State.

On febuay 16, repesentate Lance knze

ntouce HB 2372, an Azona copycat

mmgaton bll. Ate multple ale attempts to


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pass t though the House Jucay Commttee,35

the ull House euse a specal poceue thatoul hae bought the bll ectly to the loo by

a ote o 8440.36 The bll also e ctcsm om

pomnent busness goups, nclung the kansas

Busness Coalton.37 The bpatsan natue o thsote along th the lage ote magn elee

a blo to kobach, ho has been a poponent

o copycat blls n state legslatues acoss the

county.

kENTUCkY

2011 Session: January 4March 25, 2011House: Democrat controlled; Senate: Republican

controlled; Governor: Democrat, Steve Beshear

kentucys legslatue emane elately

unchange by the 2010 electon. Though

republcans mae some gans n both the House

an the Senate, democats etane the majotyn the House an republcans slghtly ncease

the majoty n the Senate.

Senato John Schcels SB 6 as passe out o the

Senate n ealy Januay.38 Hoee, accong to ascal-mpact statement, the la as estmate to

cost the state $89 mllon pe yea an membeso the House state the ntentons to bloc

Azona-le legslaton om becomng la. The bll not pass out o the House Local Goenment

Commttee beoe the kentucy legslate sesson

ene on Mach 25.

MiSSiSSiPPi

2011 Session: January 4April 3, 2011

House: Democrat controlled; Senate: Republican

controlled; Governor: Republican, Haley Barbour

Beoe SB 1070, Msssspp ha one o the natons

most punte ant-mmgant las n the county:

the Msssspp Employment Potecton Act, hch

ent nto eect n July 2008. The la equesthat all employes begn usng the lae eeal

E-vey pogam an eleates ong thout

authozaton to a elony. Msssspp not

hae electons n 2010, so the House ent nto tssesson th a democat majoty hle the Senate

began th a republcan majoty.

dung the 2011 sesson, sepaate blls ee passe

though both chambes: n the Senate, SenatoJoey fllnganes SB 2179 as passe on Januay

18 an an altee eson o the bll, HB 54, passe

out o the House on Januay 28. Hoee, both

blls ee poclame ea on Mach 29, aslegslatos ale to agee on a sngle eson o the

bll to sen to republcan Goeno Haley Babou

beoe the sesson ene on Apl 3.39

NEBrASkA


Nonpartisan Unicameral Legislature; Governor:Republican, Dave Heineman

At the begnnng o the 2011 sesson, Nebasaseeme postone to pass an Azona copycat

bll though ts legslatue. The state has the only

one-house, nonpatsan legslatue n the county,

meanng that smple ageement om 24 senatoss neee to pass a bll. Nebasa passe LB 403 n

2009, hch eques the use o E-vey o publc

contactos, an the state also le a legal be n

suppot o the Azona la.

despte multple attempts by Senato Chale

Janssen to pass LB 48, the poposal e at thecommttee leel, as t only cae to otes out

o e neee to aance t om the JucayCommttee to the ull legslatue.40 Ths esult

came ate a geat eal o oganzng on the pat o

socal justce oganzatons n the state, nclung

Nebasa Applesee.

NEw HAMPSHirE

2011 Session: January 5June 30, 2011


controlled; Governor: Democrat, John Lynch

whle Ne Hampshe has not taen on

mmgaton ssues much n the past, the states

legslatue as eeply change ung the 2010electons. The republcan Paty sept both

chambes th lage majotes. despte ths

poltcal sht, Ne Hampshes House Commttee

on Cmnal Justce an Publc Saety oteunanmously to ll HB 644 beoe t eache the

ull House ue to opposton om a aety o

sectos nclung the state polce, cmnal eense


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layes, legal seces poes, muncpal

goenments, an the states bggest busnesslobby.41

SOUTH dAkOTA

2011 Session: January 5March 28, 2011


controlled; Governor: Republican, Dennis

Daugaard

Smla to Ne Hampshe, South daota has not

hstocally ee mmgaton as a poty ssue

n the state. in the 2011 sesson, South daotashealy republcan legslatue ale to moe

oa ts Azona-style bll hen House State

Aas Commttee ejecte the bll by a ote o112. Ths ote came ate legslatos hea o the

negate mpact o ths bll om la enocement

goups an othes ho o th mmgants.42

South daotas legslate sesson ene onMach 28.

virGiNiA

2011 Session: January 12February 26, 2011


controlled; Governor: Republican, Bob McDonnell

immgaton has playe a pomnent ole n vgna

poltcs o a numbe o yeas. Most notably, anumbe o la enocement agences, nclung the

Pnce wllam County Shes Oce, hae been

engage n the ale 287(g) pogam,* leang

to contoesy an ebate at the local leel. inAugust 2010, Attoney Geneal ken Cuccnell

ssue a legal opnon that authoze vgna

polce oces to chec the mmgaton status o

anyone stoppe by polce o any eason.

Comng nto the shot 2011 legslate sesson,

democats hel a majoty n the Senate an

republcans hel a majoty n the House. Although

t appeae that aous mmgaton-elate blls

* Enacte n 1996, secton 287(g) o the immgaton an Natonalty Act allos the eeal goenment to ente nto ageements

th state an local la enocement agences, allong them to eputze local ocals to enoce eeal mmgaton la. Numeous

stues hae shon that the 287(g) pogam has ha a negate mpact on the communtys saety an llngness to epot cmes,

een as ctms an tnesses. fo moe nomaton, please see A. Elena Lacayo, The Impact of Section 287(g) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act on the Latino Community(washngton, dC: Natonal Councl o La raza, 2010).

oul not be mong, on febuay 8, the House o

delegates ee an passe HB 2332. Ate a geateal o pushbac om local aocates, nclung

the vgna Coalton o Latno Oganzatons, on

febuay 17 the Senate subcommttee euse to

moe oa the copycat bll as ell as numeousothe ant-mmgant posons o ull Senate

conseaton.43 vgnas legslate sesson ene

on febuay 26 an legslatos hea nto state

electons at the en o 2011.

wYOMiNG

2011 Session: January 11March 2, 2011House: Republican controlled; Senate: Republican

controlled; Governor: Republican, Matt Mead

in the republcan-contolle wyomng legslatue,

repesentate Chales Chles HB 94 as eeate

at the commttee leel. in act, no membe o

the House Mneals, Busness an Economcdeelopment Commttee moe to ote on the bll

ate heang om epesentates om busness

an nusty goups egang the opposton to

the bll.44 wyomngs legslate sesson ene onMach 2.


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ENdNOTES

1 Melna wane, Meet ks kobach: Laye o the Ant-immgant Moement, Mea Mattes,July 15, 2010, http://poltcalcoecton.og/blog/201007150011 (accesse Apl 5, 2011).

2 Laua Sullan, Pson Economcs Help de Azona immgaton La, Natonal Publc rao,

Octobe 28, 2010, http://.np.og/templates/stoy/stoy.php?stoyi=130833741; an

Shapng State Las th Lttle Scutny, Natonal Publc rao, Octobe 29, 2010, http://.np.

og/templates/stoy/stoy.php?stoyi=130891396.

3 Southen Poety La Cente, The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance (Montgomey, AL:

Southen Poety La Cente, 2009), http://.splcente.og/stes/eault/les/onloas/

splc_natstlobby.p.

4 Natonal Councl o La raza, Cl rghts an Labo Oganzatons Announce Boycott to PotestAzona immgaton La, nes elease, May 5, 2010.

5 Mashall ftz an Angela kelley, Stop the Conference: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences

of Conference Cancellations Due to Arizonas S.B. 1070 (washngton, dC: Cente o Amecan

Pogess, 2010), http://.amecanpogess.og/ssues/2010/11/p/az_tousm.p (accessedecembe 17, 2010).

6 Natonal Councl o La raza, what People Ae Sayng about SB 1070 an Copycat Legslaton,

http://.boycottntoleance.og/upates/p/sayng (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

7 Stee Nunez an Ban Pyo, Cty o Tucson Jons Oces Lasut aganst SB 1070, kGUN.com,

June 2, 2010, http://.gun9.com/Global/stoy.asp?S=12578063 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

8 Amecan Cl Lbetes Unon, ACLU an Cl rghts Goups fle Legal Challenge to Azona racal

Polng La, nes elease, May 17, 2010, http://.aclu.og/mmgants-ghts-acal-justce/

aclu-an-cl-ghts-goups-le-legal-challenge-azona-acal-p (accesse Apl 2011).

9 ranal Achbol, Juge Blocs Azonas immgaton La, The New York Times, July 28, 2010,http://.nytmes.com/2010/07/29/us/29azona.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

10 Gnge rough, $1.5 Mllon Spent deenng SB 1070, AZCental.com, febuay 28, 2011, http://

.azcental.com/12nes/nes/atcles/2011/02/25/20110225azona-mmgaton-bll-lasut-

cost-mllons.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

11 fe Lucas, Nealy Hal o Unte States Conseng Azona-Style immgaton Legslaton,

CNSNes.com, August 18, 2010, http://.cnsnes.com/noe/71294 (accesse Apl 4,

2011); John Mlle Tenty Othe States Conseng Copyng Azona immgaton La, TheHuffington Post, June 25, 2010, http://.hungtonpost.com/2010/06/25/tenty-othe-states-cons_n_626095.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011); an John Mlle Utah among 18 States Amng to

Copy Azona immgaton La, Deseret News, June 26, 2010, http://.eseetnes.com/

atcle/700043391/Utah-among-18-states-amng-to-copy-Azona-mmgaton-la.html (accesse

Apl 4, 2011).

12 immgaton Bll remans Stalle n kansas House, kOAMTv.com, Mach 23, 2011, http://.oamt.com/Global/stoy.asp?S=14305978 (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

13 Elzabeth McNchol, Phl Ol, an Ncholas Johnson, States Contnue to feel recessons impact,

http://.cbpp.og/cms/?a=e&=711 (accesse Apl 1, 2011).


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14 Heathe Glles, kenley: reamp immgaton Poposal, inysta.com, Mach 15, 2011, http://.nysta.com/atcle/20110315/NEwS05/103150323/1001/ENTErTAiNMENT/kenley-uges-

altenates-state-s-mmgaton-poposal?oyssey=na|hea (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

15 James w. whte, Fiscal Note SB 780 - HB 1380. Tennessee Geneal Assembly fscal ree

Commttee. Nashlle, TN, Mach 14, 2011, http://.captol.tn.go/Blls/107/fscal/SB0780.p(accesse Apl 4, 2011).

16 Cost o ky. immgaton Bll Coul reach $89M, NECN.com, febuay 2, 2011, http://.necn.

com/02/02/11/Cost-o-popose-mmgaton-bll-coul-/lanng_poltcs.html?&blocid=3&apid=

aa35211c610423885ee4385b0a (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

17 Gnge rough an dan Glbetson, Goeno Out to reban Azona Oe immgaton LaCtcsm, AZCental.com, May 14, 2010, http://.azcental.com/nes/electon/azelectons/

atcles/2010/05/13/20100513goeno-eban-azona-oe-mmgaton-la-ctcsm13-ON.html#zz1iavelz8 (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

18 Jeemy remon, Goeno, Geoga fam Bueau wegh in on immgaton Legslaton, AJC.com,febuay 8, 2011, http://.ajc.com/nes/geoga-poltcs-electons/goeno-geoga-am-

bueau-831515.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

19 Jeemy remon, Geogas famng, Lanscape inustes rase Concens about immgaton

Legslaton, AJC.Com, Apl 5, 2011, http://.ajc.com/nes/geoga-poltcs-electons/geogas-amng-lanscape-nustes-898444.html (accesse Apl 5, 2011).

20 El Paso rans Saest Cty n US: Cty Saest o Populatons Oe 500,000, a.com, Noembe 21,

2010, http://.a.com/nes/25870470/etal.html (accesse Mach 28, 2011).

21 Elzabeth Lloente, She feas Teas Go. Peys Ant-illegal immgaton Push, foNes.com,Januay 13, 2011, http://latno.ones.com/latno/poltcs/2011/01/13/she-saest-cty-says-

too-yeas-ganng-tust-mmgants/ (accesse Mach 28, 2011).

22 Utah Compact Uges Guelnes o immgaton dscusson, kSL.com, Noembe 11, 2010,

http://.sl.com/?s=13237741&n=148 (accesse Apl 12, 2011).

23 State Legslatos o Legal immgaton, State Lamaes Conene n d.C. to dele Hstoc,Natone Coecton to the 14th Amenment Msapplcaton, nes elease, Januay 5, 2011,

http://.statelegslatosolegalmmgaton.com/Nesitem.asp?Nesid=10195 (accesse

Apl 4, 2011).

24 Utah ientes 2 Allegely Behn illegal immgant Lst, foNes.com, July 16, 2010, http://.ones.com/us/2010/07/16/utah-entes-allegely-mmgant-lst/#zz1ia5cm4Y

(accesse Apl 4, 2011).

25 rcha Patt, ranall Jeppesen, an Shaa Pa, Go. Hebet Calls immgaton rountable

dscusson a Success, kSL.com, July 20, 2010, http://.sl.com/?n=833&s=11644008(accesse Apl 4, 2011).

26 Ben wnslo, Utah Legslato Unels Contoesal immgaton Bll, fo13No.com, August 13,

2010, http://.o13no.com/nes/local/stu-utah-mmgaton-bll-unele,0,7518733.stoy


27 deseet Nes etoal, Sgn the Utah Compact, Deseret News, Noembe 14, 2010, http://.eseetnes.com/atcle/700081235/Sgn-the-Utah-Compact.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011).


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28 Elzabeth Stuat, Communty Leaes Uge Moeate Appoach to immgaton reom, MormonTimes, Noembe 15, 2010 http://.momontmes.com/atcle/18365/Communty-leaes-uge-moeate-appoach-to-mmgaton-eom?s_c=queue_ttle&utm_souce=queue_ttle


29 Majoe Cotez, Utah Go. Gay Hebet Sgns immgaton Blls nto La Deseret News, Mach

15, 2011, http://.eseetnes.com/atcle/705368733/Utah-Go-Gay-Hebet-sgns-mmgaton-blls-nto-la.html (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

30 Commttee rejects Calona immgaton Bll, NBC Sandego, Apl 5, 2011, http://.

nbcsanego.com/nes/local/Lamae-Poposes-Bll-to-Go-Ate-Sanctuay-Ctes-119250224.

html (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

31 John Hcenloope, feeal immgaton reom is a Must, Octobe 24, 2010, The Denver Post,

http://.enepost.com/opnon/c_16401217 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

32 Natonal Coneence o State Legslatues, Map o Post 2010 Electon Patsan Composton o

State Legslatues, http://.ncsl.og/tab/21253/eault.asp (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

33 Joe Hanel, Az. Bll to Get A n Colo, The Durango Herald, febuay 8, 2011,http://uangoheal.com/atcle/20110209/NEwS01/702089924/-1/Nes01/%E2%80%98Az

%E2%80%99-bll-to-get-a-n-Colo (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

34 Tom Chapman, ioa Catholc Coneence Suppots Po-Le Las, Payay Loan regulaton,

Moe, The Catholic Messenger, febuay 1, 2011, http://.catholcmessenge.og/atcles/2011/02/04/ocesan_nes/oc448659ab27229284652.tt (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

35 Ba Coope, kansas House Commttee Bottles Up Ant-immgaton Bll, The Kansas City Star,

Mach 14, 2011, http://.ansascty.com/2011/03/14/2726156/ansas-commttee-bottles-up-

mmgaton.html#zz1ir6l3 (accesse Apl 4, 2011).

36 immgaton Bll remans Stalle n kansas House,Associated Press, Mach 23, 2011, http://.oamt.com/Global/stoy.asp?S=14305978 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

37 kansas Busness Goup Opposng immgaton Changes,Associated Press , Mach 2, 2011, http://

.ta.com/nes/2011/ma/02/ansas-busness-goup-opposng-mmgaton-changes


38 Beth Musgae GOP Leaes Push immgaton Bll, Othe Potes though State Senate,

Bluegrass Politics, Januay 7, 2011.

39 Elzabeth Csp, immgaton Bll des, but Battles Not Oe, Clarion-Ledger, Mach 29, 2011,

http://.gannettonlne.com/etenal/scpts/momsleme/?ste=6475 (accesse Apl 6,

2011).40 Paul Hammel, Clash o Opnons on immgaton, Omaha World-Herald, Mach 1, 2011, http://

.omaha.com/atcle/20110301/NEwS01/703029887/0 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

41 Amecan fens Sece Commttee, NH House Commttee Ges Unanmous NO

to Ant-immgant Bll, http://asc.og/stoy/nh-house-commttee-ges-unanmous-%E2%80%9Cno%E2%80%9d-ant-mmgant-bll (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

42 Azona-style immgaton Bll fals n Sd House NECN.com, febuay 14, 2011, http://.necn.

com/02/14/11/Azona-style-mmgaton-bll-als-n-/lanng_poltcs.html?&blocid=3&apid=501

8936a944006b93895b2ce72e617 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).


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43 fec kunle, Senate Panel klls House-Appoe Blls Tagetng illegal immgaton,Washington Post, febuay 16, 2011, http://oces.ashngtonpost.com/gnapoltcs/2011/02/senate_panel_lls_house-appo.html (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

44 Ben Neay, wyo. House Commttee Shoots don immgaton Bll, Bloombeg, Januay 24, 2011,

http://.bloombeg.com/nes/2011-01-24/yo-house-commttee-shoots-on-mmgaton-

bll.html (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

45 Alabama House republcans, Speae Hubba Pases House Passage o Hanshae Blls,http://.alhousegop.com/2011/04/05/speae-hubba-pases-house-passage-o-

%E2%80%9Chanshae%E2%80%9d-blls (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

46 floa House o repesentates, HB 7089 - Enocement o immgaton Las, http://.

myloahouse.go/Sectons/Blls/bllsetal.asp?Blli=46685&Sessonine=-1&Sessoni=66&BllTet=&BllNumbe=7089&BllSponsoine=0&BllLstine=0&BllStatuteTet=&BllTypeine=0

&Bllreeeine=0&HouseChambe=H&BllSeachine=-1 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

47 The floa Senate, SB 136: Enocement o immgaton Las, http://.lsenate.go/Sesson/

Bll/2011/136 (accesse Apl 11, 2010).

48 Jeemy remon, Panel Saps Out Senate immgaton Bll th Moe Etense House veson,

AJC.com, http://.ajc.com/nes/geoga-poltcs-electons/panel-saps-out-senate-887963.

html (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

49 illnos Geneal Assembly, full Tet o HB1969, http://.lga.go/legslaton/ulltet.asp?docName=&Sessoni=84&GA=97&docTypei=HB&docNum=1969&GAid=11&Legid=59170&SpecSess=

&Sesson= (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

50 Conenton to Cancel i immgaton Bll Passes, NECN.com, Mach 5, 2011, http://.necn.

com/03/05/11/Conenton-to-cancel--mmgaton-bll/lanng_poltcs.html?&blocid=3&apid=066146b32845a5be77a72958ea7 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

51 Eatha Jane Melze, Azona-Style immgaton reom woul Hut Mchgan Economy, The

Mchgan Messenge, febuay 14, 2011, http://mchganmessenge.com/46542/epot-azona-

style-mmgaton-eom-oul-hut-mchgan-economy (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

52 Noth Caolna Geneal Assembly, House Bll 343, http://ncleg.net/gascpts/BllLooUp/BllLooUp.pl?Sesson=2011&Bllid=hb+343&submtButton=Go (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

53 129th Geneal Assembly o the State o Oho, SB 98, http://.legslatue.state.oh.us/blls.

cm?id=129_SB_98 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

54 Olahoma House Passes Azona-Style immgaton Bll, fo Nes Latno, Mach 12, 2011,http://latno.ones.com/latno/poltcs/2011/03/12/olahoma-house-passes-azona-style-

mmgaton/#zz1ilhOcnC (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

55 South Caolna Geneal Assembly, S. 20, http://.scstatehouse.go/sess119_2011-2012/

blls/20.htm (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

56 Tennessee Geneal Assembly, Bll inomaton o HB1380, http://app.captol.tn.go/apps/Bllino/deault.asp?BllNumbe=HB1380 (accesse Apl 6, 2011).

57 James w. whte, Fiscal Note SB 780 - HB 1380.

58 Nathan Bene an Ben Phlpott, Teas Lamae fles Azona Style immgaton Bll,

kUT Nes, Noembe 8, 2010, http://utnes.og/post/teas-lamae-les-azona-style-mmgaton-bll (accesse Apl 6, 2011).


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