Arizona-inspired immigration bills lose momentum in other states

This law may fail in other states for reasons other than humanitarian or moral ones. - - Donna Poisl

By Lois Romano, Washington Post Staff Writer

As state legislatures convene this month, lawmakers across the country who had vowed to copy Arizona's strict measure cracking down on illegal immigrants are facing a new reality.

State budget deficits, coupled with the political backlash triggered by Arizona's law and potentially expensive legal challenges from the federal government, have made passage of such statutes uncertain.
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