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In May, the City Council of Farmers Branch near Dallas passed an ordinance that prohibits landlords from renting to illegal immigrants. A judge has blocked enforcement while the ordinance is challenged in court.

The Arizona Legislature last year passed a law that allows the state to suspend or revoke the license of a business if it is proved that the owner hired an illegal immigrant.

A National Issue

There were 11.1 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. in 2005, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research group. About 7.2 million were employed in March 2005, accounting for about 4.9 percent of the civilian labor force, according to the group.

Bill Hammond, president and chief executive of the Texas Association of Business, said his group, representing more than 3,000 Texas corporations and more than 200 chambers of commerce, is wary of placing too great an enforcement burden on employers.

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