Local immigration measures raise a host of new concerns
With proposed changes to immigration law stalled in Congress, the nation’s city councils, state legislatures and courtrooms have picked up the slack to pass their own measures more quickly, albeit amidst just as much controversy. "We've never seen such high levels of immigration-related legislation being introduced and then passed," said Flavia Jimenez, immigration policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a nationwide civil-rights and advocacy organization. JESSICA PUPOVAC in The New Standard.