South Carolina moves a step closer to strengthening its immigration law with a vote by a House committee on Tuesday. From the Daily Comet:

South Carolina’s House Judiciary Committee voted 15-7 on Tuesday to advance a bill that would require law enforcement to check the status of people they suspect of being in the country illegally during a stop or arrest for something else. Opponents argued that the measure would worsen racial profiling and flies in the face of American freedoms.

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