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Immigrants and their supporters continue their marathon effort to convince the state legislature to stop immigration reform.

The legislation would make it a state crime to be undocumented and make it easier for local law enforcement officers to receive the authority to act as immigration officers. Today the group released a report claiming the bill would cost the state 45 billion dollars to implement the law, defend it in court and other economic impacts like the loss of cheap labor. The group hopes the message gets to Senate President Mike Haridopolos. Felipe Matos, an undocumented college student from Brazil says it’s time Haridopolos made his position on the legislation clear.

“He is not taking responsibility, and even though it is obvious he is against us, he keeps saying that he is unsure. So what we want is for him to take a clear position so we can tell the Latino community not to vote for him in 2012,” said Matos.

The group has been successful in keeping the legislation at bay, but it could still be brought up and voted on before session ends May 6th.