Gov. Pawlenty immigration report ignites firestorm. Minnesota

Posted on: December 16th, 2005
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“Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s controversial report on the cost of illegal immigration apparently has created an emerging political storm that will play out in the 2006 legislative session and next year’s elections.

The report, which estimates undocumented immigrants and their children cost Minnesota taxpayers about $175 million a year for state services, may have roused a “sleeping giant” in immigrant communities that have been politically apathetic until now….”

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