A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed
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FILE - Yaritza Herrera, left, a young mother in central Mississippi, speaks about her concerns regarding legislative proposals affecting immigrants and migrants, as Loida Ventura Paz of the Mississippi Immigrants' Rights Alliance translates from Spanish to English, during a news briefing before entering the Mississippi Capitol and lobbying lawmakers about those proposals, in Jackson, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)FILE - The Mississippi Capitol is seen in Jackson, Miss., on July 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)FILE - A group of immigrants attend a news conference held by the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance regarding legislative proposals affecting immigrants and migrants in Mississippi, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE - Yaritza Herrera, left, a young mother in central Mississippi, speaks about her concerns regarding legislative proposals affecting immigrants and migrants, as Loida Ventura Paz of the Mississippi Immigrants' Rights Alliance translates from Spanish to English, during a news briefing before entering the Mississippi Capitol and lobbying lawmakers about those proposals, in Jackson, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)