The Arizona-style law has sprung up in over 24 other states within a few months of Arizona's law passage.

Thirty-seven states are considering tougher immigration bills, with multiple bills pending in some states.

States enacted a record number of bills and resolutions on immigration issues during the 2010 sessions, and every state that met in regular session in 2010 considered laws related to immigrants, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures report. Forty-six state legislatures and the District of Columbia passed 208 laws and adopted 138 resolutions for a total of 346.

A long-awaited report on the deportation status of a Prince William illegal alien whose alcohol-related head-on collision killed a Richmond-based nun shows repeated instances of a failure to report his crimes to Homeland Security as well as a shift in emphasis by the Obama administration in dealing with illegal aliens.
Carlos Martinelly-Montano, 23, whose Aug. 1 collision in Prince William seriously injured two Benedictine nuns and killed a third, Sister Denise Mosier, 66, all of Richmond.

“ICE is, in fact, releasing dangerous criminal illegal aliens instead of deporting them. And in (Martinelly Montano's) case, they issued him a federal employment authorization permit.”