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State senator says Indiana should consider immigration legislation similar to Arizona law

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A state senator says Indiana should consider an immigration policy similar to Arizona's new law that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.

Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, told The Associated Press that he'll introduce some type of immigration legislation in Indiana if Congress and the Obama administration do not act soon on illegal immigration. Delph said he wants to see how the Arizona law plays out before determining the details of his proposal for Indiana.

A voice for Arizona's immigration law

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Hundreds of miles from Arizona, law professor Kris Kobach leaned back in his chair at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, took a sip of coffee out of a Justice Department mug, and calmly defended the controversial immigration law he helped write.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kobach-arizona-20100513,0,6646845.story

By Anna Gorman - Los Angeles Times

Reid said to set deadline for bipartisan immigration deal

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Having concluded that talks to advance a bipartisan immigration overhaul are stalled and party lines in the Senate are hardening, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has told Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) to strike a deal in three weeks or Democrats will bring their own bill forward, aides and lobbyists said Thursday.

Kyl Rejects Schumer Offer To Help Draft Immigration Bill

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Regardless, Kyl said in an interview he is not interested in negotiating a comprehensive bill because the Obama administration has not fully enforced existing border security and immigration laws.

"Trust but verify," Kyl said. "I'm not doing anything anymore until I see the action; not just the promise."

By Chris Strohm and Dan Friedman -- National Journal

Perdue accused in suit of hiring illegal workers at Ind. plant

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Employees of Perdue Farms Inc. are accused in a class-action lawsuit of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

The plaintiffs allege that Perdue has conspired to hire large numbers of illegal immigrants, driving down wages of legal workers below market levels.http://www.dailyherald.com/story/print/?id=372037

Associated Press

'This Week' Transcript (Sen. Jon Kyl)

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KYL: ...what I did say is that the conditions for immigration reform no longer exist. The consensus that existed before does not exist. And among other reasons, because the administration -- this current administration has not done what's necessary to secure the border and enforce the law. We just saw the tragic death of a rancher down on the border, presumably from drug smugglers or illegal immigrants, that simply illustrates once again the fact that we have not controlled the border.

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