STATE LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES
Are you fighting a harsh immigration measure in your state legislature?
Are you working with lawmakers to craft an alternative?
ImmigrationWorks can help.
LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Our legal advisory committee includes some of the nation’s top experts on immigration law. Small teams are available to help review proposed legislation and counsel business groups negotiating with lawmakers.
Allyson Ho (Morgan Lewis, LLP)
Jenny Levy (American Immigration Lawyers Association)
Dawn Lurie (Greenberg Traurig LLP)
Lou Moffa (Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP)
Julie Pace (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP)
David Selden (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP)
Patrick Shen (Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP)
Greg Siskind (Siskind Susser / Visalaw)
ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT BILLS
You can't fight something with nothing – and the best defense is often a good offense. The following measures target employers deliberately flouting immigration law, not those trying to comply and caught in an unworkable system.
South Carolina law (R327, H4400)
RESOLUTIONS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO ACT
Still another alternative for state legislatures determined to take a stand on immigration: resolutions, monuments and other measures calling on Congress to refocus on comprehensive reform.
Arkansas resolution (HR 1003 3)
ESSENTIAL WORKER PILOT PROGRAMS
Employers and lawmakers in several states are shifting the conversation about immigration – away from enforcement and toward the state’s need for a legal foreign workforce.
Arizona essential worker bill (SB 1508)
Colorado essential worker program (HB 1325)
Texas essential worker bill (SB 2026)
Washington essential worker bill (HB 1896)
BACKGROUND ON FEDERAL PREEMPTION
Immigration law is a federal prerogative, with the states’ scope of action, particularly for enforcement, extremely limited. Some material you might helpful in making that case to lawmakers.
National Immigration Law Center brief - Facts About Federal Preemption
MEMO - State Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law
American Immigration Lawyer Association - State and Local Immigration Guide