Apr 30
Proponents of “attrition through enforcement” would have you believe that, given the right conditions, unauthorized immigrants will choose to leave the U.S. and return to their home countries. The Myth of Self Deportation, by Alexandra Filindra, questions the assumptions behind the attrition strategy and concludes that self-deportation is not rational because unauthorized immigrants have invested …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/30/study-shows-self-deportation-is-irrational-behavior-and-a-false-premise/
Apr 03
Today, Mississippi’s extreme immigration bill, HB 488, died after a state senate committee chairman decided not to bring the bill up for a vote. The Mississippi Senate had until today to consider HB 488, a bill that would have, among other things, allowed police officers to determine the immigration status of individuals they “reasonably suspect” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/03/mississippi-lawmakers-kill-states-extreme-immigration-bill-although-immigration-provisions-may-loom/
Mar 28
Economists aren’t the only ones who think a patchwork of costly state immigration laws is a terrible idea. This week, Mississippi farming and law enforcement groups each sent separate letters urging state lawmakers to reconsider moving forward with Mississippi’s extreme immigration law, HB 488. The groups call the law an “unfunded mandate” and cite the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/28/mississippi-farming-law-enforcement-groups-urge-lawmakers-to-oppose-state-immigration-law/
Mar 16
Either Mississippi lawmakers aren’t aware of the hefty fiscal and legal burdens brought on by harsh immigration legislation in other states, or they just don’t care. This week, the Mississippi House passed HB 488, an immigration enforcement bill that allows local law enforcement to determine the immigration status of individuals during an arrest whom they …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/16/is-mississippi-about-to-make-a-costly-mistake-on-immigration/
Mar 02
So much for Southern hospitality. Despite damning reports, bad press and mea culpas from politicians out of Alabama following passage of their extreme immigration law, HB 56, Mississippi lawmakers continued down the same destructive path this week. Mississippi’s “papers please” immigration bill, HB 488—which contains nearly all the same provisions as Alabama’s extreme immigration law, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/02/despite-alabamas-cautionary-tale-mississippi-moves-forward-with-extreme-papers-please-immigration-legislation/
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