Five new bills that were targeting illegal immigration have recently been rejected by lawmakers in the Arizona State Senate. A couple of the bills were meant to force the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling against the practice of automatically awarding U.S. citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants in the United States; so called anchor babies. Other bills would require hospitals to report un-ensured patients who are unable to prove that they are in the United States legally; and require schools to notify the authorities of students who can’t show that they are legal residents. The defeat of the five new measures in the Arizona State Senate came after at least 10 of the Republican senators voted on the democrat-side of the party line, and bear witness of an attitude shift among Arizona lawmakers since last year’s enactment of SB 1070. That piece of legislation brought both law suits and organized boycotts to Arizona. According to experts, part of the shift in attitude is due to the fact that this year is not an election year, and that many of the politicians in Arizona today are more concerned with rebuilding a struggling economy and creating new jobs, than they are with fighting illegal immigration. In addition, CEOs from as many as 60 different Arizona organizations have signed a letter to the state’s legislators that expresses concern that new immigration-related laws could bring state businesses even more problems with boycotts and decrease in business opportunity. The letter was mentioned on several occasions in the senate floor session that preceded the rejection of the five new immigration bills.