Bills aimed at immigration stall in Missouri and Kansas

Fewer bills were introduced and passed this year; maybe after the election the federal government can start working on reform.   - - Donna Poisl

by BRAD COOPER, The Kansas City Star

The red-hot immigration debate cooled in statehouses this year as lawmakers focused their attention on budgets, redistricting and, most significantly, the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case on the issue.

Lawmakers still passed 208 immigration-related bills this year, but that’s the fewest in any year since 2006, according to a new report by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Perhaps most notably, there were just five states — including Kansas and Missouri — that introduced sweeping bills this year that contained measures aimed at curtailing illegal immigration. No bill passed.
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