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The New York Times reported yesterday on a new publication by the National Conference of State Legislatures detailing the 1,404 immigration measures considered by states in 2007. Of those measures, 170 were enacted, including a Tennessee law making it a crime (versus a civil offense) to hire an undocumented immigrant.

While the political tide ran generally against illegal immigrants, some states adopted measures to help them by protecting them from exploitation and by extending education and health care to their children. Fifteen states adopted laws intended to punish immigrant smugglers, especially if their victims were foreigners coerced into prostitution or other sexual commerce.

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