Frankfort rolls up its welcome mat - Illegal immigrants, once accepted as needed workers, face uncertain future - Indiana

“But the migration has unsettled smaller Indiana cities even as the Bush administration and the courts wrangle over a key issue. The administration contends America’s illegal immigrants — about 6 million have arrived this decade — should be forced out.
It’s a dispute central to Indiana’s economy, where Hispanics such as the stay-at-home Frankfort mom’s family have become solidly embedded.
In the past seven years, according to various estimates, the state’s Hispanic population has soared 39 percent to 300,857, including 50,000 to 85,000 immigrants deemed illegal because they entered the United States unlawfully without proper visas and work permits.”*

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