Employment

(03/27/2007) Undocumented immigrants, including agricultural workers on temporary visas, are not considered "employees" and ineligible for unemployment insurances.

(04/28/2007) In relation to independent contractors, undocumented immigrants, including agricultural workers or students on temporary visas, are not included under the definition of "employee."

Human Trafficking

(04/05/2007) Forbids involuntary servitude and human trafficking.

ID/Driver's Licenses/Other Licenses

(04/17/2007) Directs the state agency not to implement the federal Real ID Act.

(04/24/2007) Only the last four numbers of Social Security Numbers need be provided to receive recreational licenses in the state. Applicants for the license must state whether they are United States citizens or immigrants.

ID/Driver's Licenses/Other Licenses

(5/15/2007) Applicants for professional licenses must be U.S. citizens or documented immigrants.  

Education

(6/14/07) Millennium Scholarship applicants must be legal residents of the state for at least two years.

Employment

(06/15/2007) Alters workers' compensation to exclude immigrants who are non U.S. residents at the time of the accident, injury to, or death.

Human Trafficking

(06/02/2007) Defines human trafficking as a felony with a sentence of one to 20 years, depending on the degree of the crime, in state prison and a fine of no more than $50,000 and makes the crime one for which an individual may be charged as a habitual felon. Victims can recover actual and punitive damages in civil action with the personal property of the convicted felon subject to forfeiture.

ID/Driver's Licenses/Other Licenses

(6/13/2007) Revises certain segments of legislation regarding the issuance and renewal of drivers' licenses and identification cards of U.S. citizens and documented residents of the state to comport with the federal Real ID Act.

Resolutions

(5/14/07) Urges Congress to Repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005.

Education

(5/9/07) Vetoed law that would have established a program aimed at first-year migrant and seasonal farm worker students at New Mexico State University to improve graduation rates and meet educational needs.

Employment

(04/02/2007) Excludes certain immigrants admitted to the United States to perform agricultural-labor services from unemployment compensation, pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Resolutions

(02/19/2007) Urges Congress to develop and execute a national immigrant worker program.

(04/11/2007) Urges the federal government provide greater funding and assistance to the state of New Mexico to offset cost of being a border state.

(04/11/2007) Asks the New Mexico Legislative Council to create a committee to research and develop solutions and recommendations for strengthening the state border while boosting the economy.

(04/11/2007) Supports Sunland efforts to have the federal government create a vehicle and pedestrian, noncommercial customs port of entry at the international border between Ciudad Juarez-Anapra, Mexico, and Sunland Park, New Mexico.

Health

(4/9/2007) Provides funds to the Department of Agriculture and markets for the farmers' market program and-migrant worker services, and increases the cost of living for migrant health workers. Allocates funds for a grant pool for community health centers to provide primary healthcare and outreach to migrant workers and their families.

Human Trafficking

(06/06/2007) Outlines provisions for dealing with human trafficking and provides services and restitution to victims.

ID/Driver's Licenses/Other Licenses

(07/03/2007) Grants a one-time three-year waiver of citizenship or resident immigrant status to certain immigrants who want to get veterinary licenses because of a shortage in veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

Law Enforcement

(04/09/2007) Provides funding for costs associated with incarceration of undocumented immigrants.

Education

(5/03/07) Requires tracking of "new immigrant English learners" who were not born in the U.S. and have not been educated in the U.S. for more than three years and additional compensation for the schools that serve them.

Public Benefits

(6/30/2007) Defines state benefits for immigrants in terms of public education and for migrant workers mostly in terms of childcare and healthcare.

Education

(06/04/07) Only U.S. citizens or documented immigrants are eligible for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP).

ID/Driver's Licenses/Other Licenses

(06/04/2007) Allows issuance of armed private investigator license and requirements, which include being a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien.

Law Enforcement

(04/17/2007) Police- or peace-officer trainees must provide proof of U.S. citizenship or documented status for certification.

Miscellaneous

(05/14/2007) Defines a tax of 8 percent instead of 30 percent as used in the Internal Revenue Code for state taxable income of nonresident immigrants.

(05/08/2007) Restricts access to driver's licenses, ID cards and other licenses to documented immigrants and U.S. citizens; ends several forms of public assistance and places tighter restrictions on higher-education benefits with some exceptions regarding emergency care, disaster assistance and certain immunizations. Requires state and local government's law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law, and makes it a felony to harbor, transport, conceal or shelter unauthorized immigrants on penalty of fines. Requires the use of electronic employment verifications system to determine eligibility and makes the termination of a U.S. citizen while retaining an undocumented immigrant on the payroll eligible for a discrimination charge.