
May 22, 2012 NCSL Report: Immigration Bills Plummet in 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Though immigration continues to be a hot issue in state legislatures, the number of bills has dropped significantly, according to a new report from NCSL’s Immigrant Policy Project. In the first quarter of 2012, 865 bills and resolutions relating to immigrants and refugees were introduced in 45 state legislatures and the District of Columbia. This number represents a 44 percent decrease from this point last year, when 1,538 bills were introduced. As of March 31, 27 states enacted 24 laws and adopted 74 resolutions. This total of 98 is 30 percent lower than the 141 measures enacted in the first quarter of 2011. An additional five bills were awaiting governors’ signatures. "This ...
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