re: #34 cliffster

With all due respect, “trust me, they did” doesn’t really prove anything. The websites are claiming credit for the legislation. What part of it did they help write? How much of it? How do we know they even helped at all?

More:

…Michael Hethmon, general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, helped draft the language of the Arizona bill. The institute is the legal affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

On the heels of the Arizona initiative, Hethmon said he has been approached by lawmakers from four other states who have asked for advice on how they can do the same thing where they live. He declined to identify the states, citing attorney-client privilege.

“Arizona was meant to be the leading edge,” Hethmon said. “If you are going to work on developing a state-based response to this enormous problem — the lack of a national immigration policy — Arizona is the place to do it.”

Hethmon pointed to Arizona’s history of citizen ballot initiatives in support of immigration reform, noting that “what’s happening in Arizona just didn’t pop out of nowhere. It’s the latest step in a fairly deliberate process.”…