Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611)

On May 25, 2006, the Senate passed S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, which includes a provision that would strip states and localities of their authority to require businesses to provide day laborer centers. These centers provide shelter and basic amenities for day laborers while they assemble on the streets, waiting for offers of work. Under section 301, no state or local government could require a private business to “provide, build, fund or maintain a shelter, structure, or designated area for use by day laborers at or near its place of business” as a condition for “conducting, continuing, or expanding a business.”

Sources: S.2611 § 301