Regulating Immigration at the State Level
The State Responses database is a unique, searchable online tool that catalogues all 1,059 immigration-related bills introduced in state legislatures in 2007 and allows users to search legislation by state, geographic region, subject area, bill status and legislative typology. The database includes a synopsis of each bill and is accompanied by this report, Regulating Immigration at the State Level: Highlights from the database of 2007 state immigration legislation and the methodology.
In cataloguing legislation introduced and/or enacted by state legislatures to regulate immigrants and immigration, MPI and the New York University School of Law provide an analysis of all immigration legislation proposed in 2007.
Laglaron, L., Rodriguez, C., Silver, A., and Thanasombat, S. (2008). Regulating Immigration at the State Level: Highlights from the databse of 2007 state immigration legilsation and the methodology. Washington, D.C.: Migration Policy Institute.