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Friday, April 12, 2013  A conservative group in South Carolina is launching an ad campaign supporting U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's immigration reform proposal.

Monday, March 25, 2013  South Carolina officials have cited more than 300 businesses for immigrant worker violations.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  A federal judge has upheld a South Carolina law allowing police to check people's immigration status.

Friday, August 31, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment agency is yanking benefits from thousands of people who are not searching for work through its online database.

Monday, June 25, 2012  On Monday, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling threw out key provisions in Arizona's illegal immigration law, causing ripple effects in other states that used Arizona's measure as a blueprint. However, a controversial measure that is part of South Carolina's law was preserved.

Sunday, March 18, 2012  A loophole in South Carolina's immigration law exempts farmworkers and private maids and nannies from a mandatory immigration status check.

Friday, May 27, 2011  South Carolina officials say federal rules on employment verification records have idled the state's illegal immigration inspectors for a month and now their jobs could be eliminated.  Gov. Nikki Haley and the state's top labor official said Friday the state might have to lay off two dozen inspectors because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security won't let employers share electronic employment verification information. What do you think?

Friday, July 30, 2010  With so much attention on proposed immigration reform in the state, many people may not be aware of laws that are already in place.