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March 14, 2008
 
 

Business Lobby Helps Kill Indiana Reform Bill


"Indiana is unlikely to begin cracking down on businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants anytime soon. Lawmakers apparently killed a proposal to do just that late Thursday night after a legislative conference committee could not agree on a final version of a bill that would have yanked the license of offending employers. Business and manufacturing lobbyists were all smiles and handshakes afterward, but declined to comment until the session ends today," the Indianapolis Star reports. "Even after watching his bill collapse in the committee, Delph kept working behind closed doors to put together a proposal that would have restored most of his original bill without $1.5 million in funding he initially called for -- a sticking point for some other lawmakers. But with the hours ticking down, Delph said key legislators killed his bill."

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