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Immigrant Policy

Overview of State Legislation Related to Immigrants
Introduced Jan-Feb 2006

As of February 28, 2006, state legislators in 42 states had introduced 368 bills related to immigration or immigrants. 

(Click here to view printer-friendly version of complete overview)

Main Topics:

Benefits	35 bills	19 states
Congressional Action	24 bills	9 states
Education	39 bills	15 states
Employment	71 bills	26 states
Human Trafficking	26 bills	13 states
Identification issues	53 bills	26 states
Law Enforcement	57 bills	22 states
Legal Services	14 bills	9 states
Other issues:
Border issues	5 bills
Firearms	8 bills
Studies	9 bills
Miscellaneous	27 bills

Contributors to this report were Tobias Stalter, Adam Blott, and Joon Bang in NCSL’s Washington office. This research was possible through the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.