Another state where business appears to trumping politics in the immigration debate.
Clash between business community, GOP's right wing in Okla leads to rift over immigration - KFOR: "A quiet campaign by Oklahoma's business community to head off new immigration legislation is splitting Republicans in the Legislature.
GOP candidates came into office with plans to give the state the toughest anti-immigration policies in the nation. But those plans collided with the push to make Oklahoma more attractive to industry.
A sweeping immigration measure pending in the Senate has been stripped of penalties for businesses that hire illegal workers. A bill that passed in the House includes few restrictions on businesses. Rep. Randy Terrill says businesses oppose the measures because they want access to cheap, illegal immigrant labor.
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce president Roy Williams acknowledges his organization opposes onerous restrictions on businesses, but accused some lawmakers of trying to score political points with the immigration issue."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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