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ALEC/CCA draft and work to pass Arizona's anti-immigration prison law

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law NPR: Laura Sullivan, reporter October 28, 2010 You can listen to the story and there is also a graphic at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130833741 "As soon as Pearce's bill hit the Arizona statehouse floor in January, there were signs of ALEC's influence. Thirty-six co-sponsors jumped on, a number almost unheard of in the capitol. According to records obtained by NPR, two-thirds of them either went to that December (ALEC) meeting or are ALEC members." ------------------------------------------------ Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch...continue to full post

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