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Immigration Focus: State Law

  • Texas
Texas, with its 1,240 mile border, faces unique immigration and border security challenges. Texas Impact's brief on immigration policy can be found here.

 

  • Other States
The National Conference of State Legislatures produces reports on state laws that related to legal immigrants, migrant and seasonal workers, refugees or unauthorized immigrants. To view these reports, click here.

Immigration: Federal Perspective

The U.S. Department of Justice has brought suit against the State of Arizona, seeking to declare SB 1070 invalid.

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With its 1,240 mile border, vibrant border towns, and rich, diverse cultural history, Texas has long faced unique and complex challenges in engaging its legal and undocumented immigrants in a way that best serves the state's security and social and economic prosperity.

Texas Impact supports an immigration reform based on accountability and trust, that supports Texas' families and the social and economic well-being of the state. To see Texas Impact's brief on the state of Immigration in Texas, click here.

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