States passed record number of immigration laws in 2010

Frustrated with the federal government's failure to enact immigration reform, states in 2010 passed a record number of immigration-related bills.
Arizona stole the national spotlight with the controversial SB1070, which made it a state crime to be in the country illegally, but, according to a recent report by the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures, immigration was on the agenda for every state that met in regular session in 2010.

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