State Benefit Programs for Undocumented Immigrants Draw Fire; Initiative Drafted to Limit Access to Legal Workers
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The national immigration debate has muscled its way onto Washington's political agenda. The issue: whether state taxpayers should subsidize benefits for undocumented workers.
Over the weekend, backers of an initiative to deny a range of state benefits to illegal immigrants began circulating petitions after a court approved the measure's ballot title.See the full content of this document
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State Benefit Programs for Undocumented Immigrants Draw Fire; Initiative Drafted to Limit Access to Legal Workers
Alaska Airlines pilot Robert Baker of Mercer Island, the prime sponsor of Initiative 946, says he's confident volunteers can collect 250,000 signatures more than enough to qualify the measure for the November ballot by the July 7 deadline.
"It's getting such national attention, particularly today," Baker said Monday, as immigrants and their s...See the full content of this document
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