HOUSTON—Many immigration rights groups gathered in Houston Thursday to protest immigration reform they said encourages attacks on legal and illegal immigrants.
Politicians in as many as 18 states, including Texas, said they want to take similar measures toward immigration reform as the controversial Arizona law and that is causing concern among local advocates.
Advocates in Houston said many employers are already using the Arizona law to cheat their workers out of pay.
"If you are hiring someone, if you want to ask for their documentation before you hire them, that’s fine, but you can’t ask for their documentation on payday," said Laura Boston, director of Interfaith Worker Justice Center.
The advocates have a different idea of what should be done. They said their idea of reform includes a direct path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants.
