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US state by state immigration rules
10 July 2006
As the United States' federal government wrestles with the immigration issue, states are implementing their own plans. Here's a state-by-state look:
Alabama
Training 70 state troopers with the power to arrest illegal immigrants.
Arizona
Required U.S. citizenship or legal immigrant status to receive health benefits. Illegal immigrants can receive emergency care only.
Sent troops to assist with vehicle inspections along Arizona's border with Mexico.
Approved ballot initiatives to be decided by voters in November:
Making English the official language of Arizona.
Prohibiting undocumented immigrants from receiving state services such as adult education, child care and in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities.
Prohibiting undocumented immigrants from receiving punitive damages in civil lawsuits.
Requiring judges to deny bail to undocumented immigrants arrested for serious offenses.
Arkansas
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature agreed on a $131 billion state budget after dropping proposals to provide health care to children of undocumented immigrants.
Sent National Guard troops to the Mexico border.
Colorado
Continued a special legislative session Sunday on illegal immigration.
Made smuggling people into the USA a felony.
Barred state agencies from awarding contracts to businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
Required businesses seeking state contracts to verify immigration status of workers.
Created a $50,000 civil fine for counterfeiting identification documents.
Connecticut
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Delaware
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Florida
Required proof of legal immigrant status for driver's license applicants.
Georgia
Required, in a phased-in program that will begin July 1, 2007, that contractors doing business with state or local governments verify citizenship status of new workers.
Required adult applicants for public benefits to verify eligibility.
Required all Georgia employers to verify the legal status of employees hired on or after Jan. 1, 2008, in order to claim a state income tax deduction on such employees' salaries.
Required jails to determine the legal status of prisoners charged with a felony or driving under the influence.
Idaho
Limited unemployment benefits to citizens and legal immigrants.
Illinois
Required that people be citizens or legal immigrants to receive state health plan coverage.
Kansas
Limited unemployment benefits to citizens and legal immigrants.
Kentucky
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Louisiana
Authorized the state to investigate contractors suspected of hiring illegal immigrants. The state can order such workers fired and fine businesses that don't comply.
Maine
Tightened requirements for issuing driver's licenses to non-citizens.
Maryland
Required the governor to fund health care services for certain legal immigrant children and pregnant women.
Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney said he would seek federal authority to empower state police to detain illegal immigrants encountered during normal law enforcement activity.
Minnesota
Will send up to 200 National Guard troops to Mexico border.
Missouri
Denied unemployment benefits to workers who aren't citizens.
Montana
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Nebraska
In an effort to assist illegal immigrants, made unauthorized immigrant students eligible for in-state tuition at public universities.
New Hampshire
Required proof of citizenship to register to vote.
New Jersey
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
New Mexico
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
New York
A state appeals court ruled that the state Department of Motor Vehicles can require immigrants to prove they are in the USA legally before obtaining driver's licenses.
Will send 150 National Guard troops to the Mexico border.
North Carolina
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Oklahoma
Denied unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants.
Pennsylvania
Prohibited use of illegal immigrants on state projects.
Rhode Island
Effective Jan. 1, children who are not U.S. citizens will not be added to the state's health care program for the poor, even if they are in the USA legally. Children who enroll by Dec. 31 will keep their benefits.
South Dakota
Required passport or another government-issued identification card when voting.
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Tennessee
Barred state contracts for a year from businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Texas
Prohibited businesses from deducting the costs of salaries and benefits for undocumented workers from their taxable revenue.
Spent $20 million to expand Operation Rio Grande, a border security initiative.
Will spend $5 million to put hundreds of surveillance cameras along the border at hot spots for criminal activity and routes frequently used to enter the USA.
Virginia
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Wisconsin
Pledged to send troops to the Mexico border.
Wyoming
Barred non-citizens from certain state-funded scholarships.
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07-17-2006, 07:39 PM #2
Where is North Carolina? Oh, that's right, they haven't done anything!
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