Hotter debate ahead: Expect both sides to use new census data
February 14, 2011

Maureen Hayden CNHI Statehouse Bureau The Tribune Star Mon Feb 14, 2011, 05:00 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS — The temperature plunged to zero in Indianapolis last week, but it was plenty warm in the Statehouse, thanks to heated debate over contentious issues.

Among them: A hearing that went well into the night on an immigration bill that some critics say is targeting Indiana’s fast-growing Hispanic population.

The bill would require police officers to ask people they stop for proof they’re here legally if there is “reasonable suspicionâ€