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Overview of State Legislation Related to Immigrants and Immigration
An Immigrant Policy Project by the National Conference of State Legislatures
States are still tackling immigration related issues in a variety of policy arenas – more than 1,100 bills have been considered in the first quarter of 2008. This report provides a first look at introduced legislation in 2008 and presents selected examples of enacted laws relating to immigrants and refugees.
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The Fiscal Impact of Immigration
by Edwin Rubenstein
This study that appeared in the Social Contract magazine examined 15 federal departments and agencies and found that the total economic cost of mass immigration is far higher than the public has been led to believe.
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Expert's Report in Employer Sanctions Suit
News Release from the County Attorney's Office
The County Attorney’s Office has filed a response and supporting expert analysis
to a motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the Legal Arizona Workers Act with the United States
District Court in Phoenix.
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Police Chiefs Guide to Immigration Issues
PREPARED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE
 The International Association of Chiefs of Police has prepared a guide for local law enforcement on enforcing immigration laws. The guide explains how to apprehend, detain, and arrest illegal immigrants.
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A Line in the Sand:
Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border
PREPARED BY THE MAJORITY STAFF OF THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
The Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security issues this
interim report summarizing its findings regarding the criminal activity and violence
taking place along the Southwest border of the United States between Texas and Mexico.
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State and Local Authority to Enforce Immigration Law
A Unified Approach for Stopping Terrorists
by Kris W. Kobach
This article summarizes the legal authority upon which state and local police may act in enforcing illegal immigration laws and describes the scenarios in which this assistance is most crucial.
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By Andrew P. Thomas
MARICOPA coUNTY aTTORNEY |
Smuggling More than People: Illegal Immigration and Possible Health Risks
May 14, 2008
Many Americans say that the problem of illegal immigration makes them sick - they may be more right than they know.
Immigrants who come to the United States legally are required to undergo a medical evaluation performed by a licensed, highly-trained doctor. The doctors test for communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, syphilis, and leprosy, and ensure that applicants for citizenship have received required vaccinations. Immigrants who come to the United States illegally receive no medical evaluations and therefore risk introducing diseases into US communities.
One such dangerous disease is tuberculosis, commonly known as TB. TB, an airborne bacterial infection that takes root in the lungs, kills approximately 2 million people per year worldwide.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that in 2006 the number of foreign-born individuals in the United States with TB numbered 22 per 100,000 persons tested while the number of U.S.-born individuals numbered only 2.3 per 100,000. Putting the TB rate in foreign-born persons living in the United States about 10 times greater that that of US-born persons. Information concerning TB in Arizona is similar. The Arizona Department of Health Services lists "the most important risk factor associated with TB" as "being foreign born." 57% of all TB cases in Arizona occurred in foreign-born individuals and 68% of the foreign-born cases were from Mexico. more..
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