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Links to Articles on Immigration

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1270124

http://www.jstor.org.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/stable/25193860?&Search=yes&searchText=united&searchText=illegal&searchText=reactions&searchText=immigration&searchText=states&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Facc%3Don%26Query%3Dstates%2Breactions%2Billegal%2Bimmigration%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%26gw%3Djtx%26acc%3Don%26prq%3Dillegal%2Bimmigration%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=3&ttl=2043&returnArticleService=showFullText

http://www.jstor.org.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/stable/40210483?&Search=yes&searchText=united&searchText=illegal&searchText=reactions&searchText=immigration&searchText=states&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Facc%3Don%26Query%3Dstates%2Breactions%2Billegal%2Bimmigration%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%26gw%3Djtx%26acc%3Don%26prq%3Dillegal%2Bimmigration%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=11&ttl=2043&returnArticleService=showFullText

--Awomb (talk) 07:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Illegal Immigration in Mississippi Summary Article

Public debate continues on the subject of illegal immigration in the United States. And with both houses of the Mississippi legislature tackling versions of an “Arizona Style” immigration bill and several newspaper headlines detailing arrests of illegal immigrants in raids, the issue of illegal immigration now looks to be a permanent feature of political debate for the present time in Mississippi. The Mississippi Senate voted against the House’s version of the immigration bill in early February, but moved to continue negotiations of the bill among the chambers in a conference committee. Both the House and Senate versions of the bill say that a law enforcement agent has the right to ask for proof of residency during a routine traffic stop if the officer has a reasonably suspicion that the person is in the country illegally. One of the main differences between the two bills is the House calls for a steep fine for businesses that hire illegal aliens.

Politicians and citizens find themselves divided on the issue of illegal immigration in Mississippi. Democrat Governor hopeful and current Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree doesn’t support the immigration bill because it would merely be another law passed by the state that would fall on municipal governments to fund. Other complaints about the bill was its hurried nature of passage and that it could lead to increased racial profiling since officers would have to determine based on someone’s physical identity whether they needed to provide proof of residency. Several religious leaders from different faiths have also expressed opposition to the legislation, saying that the Christ accepts all people, not just ones with immigration papers.

In a February 2006 report from the Mississippi State Auditor found it challenging to accurately quantify the state costs of illegal immigration because of the inadequacy of records from state agencies, schools, and other government entities. Despite this challenge, the report estimates the state cost of illegal immigrants in 2006 to be about $25 million per year. This cost takes into account any potential financial contributions of the illegal immigrants, including sales tax. Though the number of estimated illegal immigrants ranged from 8,000 to 90,000, this study is based on the mid point of that range, 49,000. Thus, this study found the state cost per illegal immigrant in Mississippi to be $510.

According to a 2008 Census survey, only 2.1 percent of Mississippi’s population was born outside of the country. But 51 percent of the foreign-born population entered the state either in or after the year 2000.

A 2008 American Prospect article states the source of immigration for Mississippi is the casino industry. The article asserts that when Mississippi passed a law permitting casino gambling in 1991, immigrant workers from came from Florida to build the casinos. After the casinos were built, the casinos continued to use the immigrant workers to fill their growing labor needs. Since the casino business continued to boom through the 1990s, migrant workers continued to flock to Mississippi in hopes of finding job opportunities.

Mississippi is not alone in deciding to tackle immigration from the state level. In 2007, all 50 states proposed legislation dealing with illegal immigration. The number of bills focusing on illegal immigration went from 570 in 2006 to 1,562 in 2007. And 240 of these bills were enacted. As of December 31, 2010, six states had proposed illegal immigration bills similar to those of Arizona including Mississippi. Awomb (talk) 07:01, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

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Kadam28: The topic presented is very interesting, and it is quite eye-catching that Mississippi would have such large illegal immigration problems given that it is bordered by only the United States. I would suggest dividing up your information into subheadings, so that is easier to read. Readers would also be able to find specific information faster with a table of context. A timeline effect might also be useful so that readers are not jumping from one example to another. A chart or graph showing the recent increase in illegal immigration would help visually, as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kadam28 (talk • contribs) 14:51, 31 March 2011 (UTC)