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Georgia, SC officials react to immigration ruling

...police to check the immigration status of someone they suspect is not in the country legally. Those pushing for tougher immigration laws in Georgia hope the high court's support for that measure will free up a similar statute in Georgia's law...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-06-25/georgia-sc-officials-rea
Many local agencies ignore new Georgia immigration law

ATLANTA - One year after Georgia lawmakers passed a tough immigration law, a newspaper investigation found many city and county governments are not in compliance.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-06-24/many-local-agencies-igno
Appeals court: Georgia law enforcement can verify immigration status under 2011 law

...policy must be steered by the federal government.The appeals court also ruled Monday that part of Alabama's tough immigration law that ordered public schools to check the citizenship status of new students was unconstitutional. It said police...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-08-20/appeals-court-georgia-law-enf
S.C. unit that probes illegal immigration-related cases claims success

...not say how many arrests the unit has made.Modeled in part on similar Arizona legislation, South Carolina's tough immigration law has been in the news since it was passed by state lawmakers last year. The federal government sued in late 2011...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-10-24/sc-unit-probes-illegal
War declared!

...such openly hostile ways toward the states that make up this country. Even those states that have not enacted tough immigration laws and been sued by the feds should be alarmed and should stand with their brethren against this tyrannical federal government...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2011-11-06/war-declared
Rants & Raves

...shoots a rival and gets 10 years. Judge Overstreet strikes again. SOUTH CAROLINA, please hurry up and pass a tough immigration law like Georgia did. North Augusta is completely overrun with illegals. ACCOLADES TO Dr. Wayne Frazier, principal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-02-23/rants-raves-0
Farmers, restaurant owners say Georgia immigration law hurting business

...Association."Georgia's fruit and vegetable economy has become the poster child of what can happen when you have a tough immigration law without an adequate guest-worker program," said association spokesman Charles Hall.He favors expanding the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-19/farmers-restaurant-owners-sa
Alabama reconsiders tough immigration law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Republicans who pushed through the nation's toughest law against illegal immigrants are having second thoughts amid a backlash from big business.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-12-08/alabama-reconsiders-tough-imm
No problems with new residency rules

...tuition.South Carolina passed the Illegal Immigration Reform Act in 2008. As part of what was then one of the toughest immigration laws in the country, it banned any illegal immigrant from attending a South Carolina public college or university...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-08-28/no-problems-new-residency
Across South Carolina

...newly formed South Carolina Black Conservative Movement rallied people at the Statehouse on Saturday to support tougher immigration laws.State. Rep. Tim Scott, who is running for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District seat, was the featured...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-08-07/across-south-carolina
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