Kansas lawmakers struggled this year to come to grips with illegal immigration. Some wanted to penalize businesses that repeatedly hire them. Others wanted to do more to stop illegal immigrants from staying here, or from drawing on state services.
Thanks to pushback from powerful industry lobbyists, those ideas went nowhere.
And now it's looking like the one success - calls for a study of the impact of illegal immigration on Kansas - is also in trouble.
For Kansas policy watchers, it's like hearing the latest Harry Potter movie has been kicked back to next summer.
A little background: both sides of this often contentious debate have complained about the lack of any good statistics on the issue.
Thanks to pushback from powerful industry lobbyists, those ideas went nowhere.
And now it's looking like the one success - calls for a study of the impact of illegal immigration on Kansas - is also in trouble.
For Kansas policy watchers, it's like hearing the latest Harry Potter movie has been kicked back to next summer.
A little background: both sides of this often contentious debate have complained about the lack of any good statistics on the issue.
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