virginia businesses oppose new state employer sanctions

Virginia Employers for Sensible Immigration Policy was formed in anticipation of another flurry of legislation in the General Assembly seeking to crack down on undocumented residents and employers that hire them, business leaders said....Politicians seeking to get tough on illegal immigration have been targeting employers with increasing frequency, a tactic that critics have said allows them to appear responsive without being vulnerable to accusations of intolerance or meanness toward immigrants....

media thinks immigration's hot, voters do not

....When asked to name their top priorities, the Iraq War
still tops the list of issues for both Democrats and
Republicans. "It's raised twice as often as the next-
ranking issue, the economy," according to a recent USA
Today/Gallup poll (11/30/07-12/1/07).

Another recent poll (L.A. Times/Bloomberg,
11/30/07-12/3/07) found only 15 percent of Americans
ranking immigration as one of the top three issues of
concern to them. In fact, noted L.A. Times columnist Tim
Rutten (12/1/07), "more than nine out of 10 Americans
think something matters more than immigration in this
presidential election."

Immigration Contractor Trims Wages

Workers who process visa and citizenship applications are getting a 10 to 20% wage cut as a new low-bid contractor takes over. What's that going to do to the backlog?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/us/02immig.html?ex=1354338000&en=5d64ab1b91d96060&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss