· Great Falls Tribune · By John S. Adams · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
The Great Falls Tribune lays out the case for and against LR-121. Sponsor David Howard says citizenship screening would deter undocumented residents and save money; Shahid counters that the referendum addressed no documented abuse, imposed federal database fees and delays on ordinary Montanans, and recreated the kind of federal identification system the state had rejected under REAL ID.
The article also marks the public emergence of the Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance, the statewide organization Shahid formed to carry advocacy beyond the resources of his law firm alone.