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States Pondering Arizona-Style Immigration Law; White House Says This Demonstrates Need for Federal Law


Wednesday, May 05, 2010
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer





At least eight states — Utah, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Maryland — reportedly are considering legislation similar to the Arizona law, which allows police to determine a person's immigration status following a "lawful stop, detention, or arrest."

"This legislation mirrors federal laws regarding immigration enforcement," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said when she sign the bill into law. " Despite erroneous and misleading statements suggesting otherwise, the new state misdemeanor crime of willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document is adopted verbatim from the same offense found in federal statute."

In Ohio, State Rep. Courtney Combs, a Republican, and Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones wrote to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and legislative leaders about the need for immigration reform in the state, but Strickland, a Democrat, said he would not sign such a law.

[b]Now Combs and Jones are seeking a ballot measure to let voters decide on an Arizona-style law for the state. “I get the question ‘why is Ohio concerned about this?’ The answer is that we’re getting the drugs from the illegal immigration,â€