US states immigration law study [NCSL] News
US states immigration law study [NCSL]

2007 Enacted State Legislation Related to Immigrants and Immigration, National Conference of State Legislatures, August 6, 2007 [finding that state legislatures across the United States have enacted at least 170 immigration-related bills in 2007 as a result of the "continued absence of a comprehensive federal reform of the United States' challenged immigration system"]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires

On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.