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Senate approves crackdown on illegals |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
COLUMBIA — The state Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to a new immigration plan that provides for civil fines of up to $10,000 for businesses that knowingly hire illegal workers. The plan is being called the "toughest anti-illegal immigration bill in the country." The voice-vote approval of the amendment came after hours of a Democratic-led fillibuster of the previous plan and complaints that it would hurt farmers and not solve the state’s illegal immigration problems.
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