Molly Priddy of the Community News Service has written a good article on the immigration legislation proposed in Montana this legislative session.  The original article is located here.

Do we have an illegal worker problem?
by Molly Priddy, Community News Service
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

As the state’s economy stumbles, some lawmakers fear a new threat to Montana’s businesses [...]

On Wednesday, we celebrated the death of SB 379. Given that the Senate voted to indefinitely table the bill, it seemed like a done deal. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle headlined that “Immigration bills [were] having a tough time in session.” Incredibly, it looks like Senate Republicans have been successful in resurrecting the bill. It appears that yesterday, Senate Republicans took advantage of the absence of three Democrats (Sens. Squires, Jent and Windy Boy) to move that SB 379 be sent back to the Judiciary Committee for amendments. Click to read more. [...]

Daniel Person of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle has published an excellent article on the state of immigration legislation in Montana:

HELENA – State-level attempts at immigration reform are receiving some support this session, but the Montana Legislature is still a frosty place to attempt a crackdown on undocumented workers in the United States.

The Senate on [...]

The Montana Senate is to be commended for indefinitely tabling Senate Bill 379, which was sponsored by Senator Gary Perry. While previous votes in the Senate on immigration bills were split on party lines, with Republicans voting almost unanimously in support of the anti-immigrant bills, this bill was voted down on a bi-partisan vote of 29-20. Click to read more. [...]