Report on 2017 State Immigration Laws | January-June
7/12/2017
What Are the Numbers?
Enacted legislation related to immigration increased in the first half of 2017 by 90 percent to 133 laws compared with 70 laws in 2016. The number of resolutions increased by 22 percent to 195 from 159. Lawmakers in 47 states enacted 133 laws and 195 resolutions related to immigration, for a total of 328. An additional nine bills were vetoed by governors and 18 are pending signatures.
Three states did not enact immigration-related legislation in the first half of 2017: Alaska, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/report-on-2017-state-immigration-laws-january-june.aspx
