{"article":{"id":246914,"heading":"BTL:State Initiated Anti-Immigration Laws Underscore Urgent Need for Comprehensive Federal","author":"Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http","created":"2011-07-12 11:28:34","modified":"2013-11-11 01:06:29","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:06:29","article":"<p>State Initiated Anti-Immigration Laws Underscore Urgent Need for Comprehensive Federal Immigration Reform  <br><br> Interview with David Leopold, immediate past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, conducted by Scott Harris  <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Since Arizona&rsquo;s Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed her state&rsquo;s anti-immigration legislation, SB1070 into law in April 2010, other states across the nation have imposed similar measures. State governments in Utah, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Alabama have used Arizona&rsquo;s SB 1070 law as a model to craft their own legislation that targets illegal immigrants and allows local police officers to become de facto enforcers of federal immigration laws.   <br><br> Story continues <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btlonline.org\/2011\/seg\/110715cf-btl-leopold.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.btlonline.org\/2011\/seg\/110715cf-btl-leopold.html<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"mail(AT)btlonline(DOT)org","link":"Between the Lines c\/o Squeaky Wheel Productions P.O. Box 110176 Trumbull, CT 06611","address":"Between the Lines c\/o Squeaky Wheel Productions P.O. Box 110176 Trumbull, CT 06611","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Interview with David Leopold, immediate past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, conducted by Scott Harris","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/07\/246914.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}