Lawmakers speak loudly, act slowly on immigration

“Midstate voters propelled to the November ballot box by strident campaign pledges to curb illegal immigration will probably watch with disappointment as lawmakers descend Capitol Hill in the next few weeks.

Despite the onslaught of bills aimed at making life more difficult for undocumented immigrants and the businesses that employ them, only a handful have made it as far as a floor vote in even one chamber.

Many are mired in partisan politics, lawmakers say. But legislators may have little incentive to push the kind of substantial changes that would upset business interests reliant on immigrant labor, one political scientist points out.”

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