Immigration Politics: Indiana's proposed immigration crackdown draws fire

More state politics meets local reality.

Indiana's proposed immigration crackdown draws fire | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com: "Indiana's proposed immigration law -- which would be one of the toughest such laws in the nation -- took hits Tuesday on two fronts.

Calling Senate Bill 590 a waste of resources, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced that he had joined about 2,600 people in signing a petition to encourage state lawmakers to leave immigration reform to the federal government.

Blow two? The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, which also opposes the bill, acknowledged that one convention scheduled for Indianapolis this summer has said it will pull out if the bill passes and that a second said it would no longer hold conventions in Indiana if the bill becomes law."