Immigration

Minnesota GOPer Backing Arizona-Style Immigration Law

Eric Kleefeld | May 6, 2010, 11:14AM

State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-MN)

Despite the public backlash against Arizona's new immigration reform law, which requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect could be in the country illegally, conservative lawmakers across the country are trying to duplicate the law in their own states. The latest example is happening in Minnesota, where GOP state Rep. Steve Drazkowski is getting ready to introduce a similar measure.

The interesting thing here is that Drazkowski and other proponents of the Arizona immigration bill say they're merely enforcing federal statutes within their borders. But Drazkowski himself is also a co-author of a proposal to have Minnesota nullify federal laws.

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