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The Economist
November 1, 2007
Where would Arkansas be without immigrants?
THIS week executives from some of Arkansas's principal companies—Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor, Alltel, a wireless company, and Stephens, one of the biggest investment firms outside Wall Street—joined ministers, civic leaders and the local American Civil Liberties Union to form the Arkansas Friendship Coalition. The group, led by Steve Copley, a Methodist minister, stresses that states should abide by federal immigration laws rather than try to make their own.
This sudden respect for the wisdom of Washington has been prompted by anti-immigration laws passed in Arkansas's neighbours, Oklahoma and Missouri. Oklahoma's Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, which went into effect on November 1st after a lawsuit failed to stop it, will be one of the most stringent in the country. It imposes tighter screening on employers, essentially barring undocumented workers from getting jobs. Illegal immigrants will also find it harder to get benefits.
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