Daily Journal - La. faces contentious immigration debate, from narrow E-Verify bills to Ariz.-style reform:
"Louisiana lawmakers are bringing the politically divisive immigration debate to Baton Rouge. Several legislators are proposing to toughen state enforcement laws against illegal immigrants.
Proposals range from a narrow measure to prevent illegal immigrants from being hired on public works projects to a broad package, by Belle Chasse Rep. Ernest Wooton, that mimics Arizona's controversial law, creating new crimes and charging local police with enforcing federal immigration law.
Bill sponsors say they expect to run into opposition from the construction industry and the Catholic church.
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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