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Randy Terrill, a Republican lawmaker from Oklahoma, is one of many state legislators across the country drafting measures that would either match or go further than Arizona's controversial law on immigration, Bloomberg reports.

Terrill is reportedly working on legislation that would allow authorities in Oklahoma to take the vehicle of anyone who is found to be harboring an illegal immigrant as a passenger, regardless of whether or not smuggling is suspected.

The measure would reportedly characterize undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as "human contraband," according to the news provider.

Approximately 300 bills related to immigration were introduced to statehouses in 2005, according to Ann Morse, director of the Immigrant Policy Project for the National Conference of State Legislatures. Morse told the news source that in each of the last two years, that number has increased to about 1,500. She said she expects the number to go even higher in 2011.

"Every indication I get is, they're not done," Morse told the news provider.

Regardless of whether these laws are ultimately enacted, foreign nationals can still obtain U.S. green card eligibility by using the federal EB-5 visa program. Through this program foreigners can obtain the eligibility by making an investment of $1 million (or in some areas $500,000) in an American project or company that creates or maintains at least 10 full-time jobs.