Report On Illegal Immigration Costs Incomplete

ARRA Comment: Our thanks to KeepingArkansasLegal for providing a heads up on this news story. The items in "red" are their comments. Today's THV- KTHV: Governor Beebe says the state needs more accurate information on how much its agencies are paying for services for illegal immigrants if there is to be an informed discussion on immigration policy. (It's better than any study he's done!)Beebe says a report released to legislators Monday did not break down the costs of services by an immigrant's legal status. (That's because most of the departments are not allowed to ask about legal status.) The governor says lumping legal and illegal immigrants together doesn't give the complete picture on the cost of illegal immigrants to the state. He calls the discussion among state legislators about immigration policy healthy but says the state has to work with (do nothing with) federal government on these issues. . . . [Read More] See News Report: Illegal immigration in Arkansas spurs call for change

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