"More laws have been enacted to help illegal immigrants than restrict them"

In a study released yesterday by the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Scholars, even though stringent laws such as the Arizona’s bill have been and are being made even more bills that protect immigrant’s rights are being accepted across the country. According to the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Scholars, “An analysis of 1,059 immigration-related bills in 50 state legislatures in 2007 found that 19 percent of 313 bills expanding immigrant rights were enacted, while 11 percent of 263 bills contracting rights were enacted”. Additionally it found that ,“Bills contracting immigrant rights included those such as one approved in Prince William County”. This bill allowed police officers to check peoples immigration status if there was cause to believe that they were in the United States illegally. The bill was later amended to require a status check for all people arrested. Bills expanding immigrant rights included a measure in New York that eliminated citizenship requirements for such occupations as police officer, firefighter and teacher. A bill Texas made it an offense to obtain labor or services by threatening to report someone to immigration. Also, a Nevada bill designated new crimes and penalties around involuntary servitude and human trafficking. As Andrew Selee, co-author of the report and director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, stated, "The fact is that immigrants are here all ready and cities just want to find a way to incorporate them into their society". He also stated that immigrants in a sense are a productive part of society. So in other words, there is hope that some type of amnesty can happen were immigrants won’t be scared or worried anymore. It won’t happen in two or three years but maybe in the near future.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051003170.html