Illegal immigration bill coming to House Judiciary

We're getting the Judiciary committee started off the right way with HB1096 HB1093 (oops, thanks, Mark), a radioactive bill on illegal immigration. Diametrically opposed interest groups are gearing up, and the Keep Arkansas Legal organization will be holding a rally at the Capitol tomorrow before sitting in the first House Judiciary meeting tomorrow morning (which will just be an organizational meeting, by the way). You can expect talking points to be distributed from both sides by the end of the week. With the legislature likely to adjourn for Tuesday for the inaugural, the earliest this bill is likely to be debated is next Thursday, January 22.