Guest worker bill heads to Utah's Governor Gary Herbert for signature.
By H. Nelson Goodson
March 5, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah - On Friday, the Senate approved a package that included a guest worker bill SB 60 and other related immigration bills such as an identity immigration enforcement, a partnership with Mexico for immigrant workers, E-Vertify and employer sanctions. The guest worker bill is the first of its kind to pass in a state legislature.
On Wednesday, the House approved the guest worker measure on a vote of 43-28. The immigration guest worker bill allows illegal immigrants in good standing from the age of 18 and older to pay for a permit to work and live with their families in the state. The measure includes a background requirement to check the legal status of immigrants and if they have a felony conviction and serious misdeamenors in the U.S. The bill is expected to take affect on July 1, 2013.
State Representative Bill Wright (R) who sponsored the guest worker HB 116 program bill, hopes the federal government can grant the state a waiver to implement it and help turn the program into a model for other states to follow, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
In February, Marina Lowe, Legislative & Policy Counsel from the ACLU of Utah claimed that the guest worker bill would only apply for employment in Utah, it didn't grant any protection from deportation in the state or any where else in the U.S., it requires illegal immigrants to self-report, the identity immigration enforcement would require police to ask for a photo ID from illegal immigrants during lawful stops and violations of ordinances and would then take fingerprints from those who lacked ID's. The information from immigrants would then be entered in a state database and no guarantee was provided in the bill to prevent the information from being shared in deportation proceedings against them.
Critics say, it would attrack more undocumented immigrants to Utah and no such waiver exists in the federal government to enact it. The bill could be unconstitutional as well and only the federal government can exclusively enact and enforce immigration laws.
Others disagreed and say it would boost economic growth, tax contributions and revenues for the state by illegal immigrants.
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By H. Nelson Goodson
March 5, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah - On Friday, the Senate approved a package that included a guest worker bill SB 60 and other related immigration bills such as an identity immigration enforcement, a partnership with Mexico for immigrant workers, E-Vertify and employer sanctions. The guest worker bill is the first of its kind to pass in a state legislature.
On Wednesday, the House approved the guest worker measure on a vote of 43-28. The immigration guest worker bill allows illegal immigrants in good standing from the age of 18 and older to pay for a permit to work and live with their families in the state. The measure includes a background requirement to check the legal status of immigrants and if they have a felony conviction and serious misdeamenors in the U.S. The bill is expected to take affect on July 1, 2013.
State Representative Bill Wright (R) who sponsored the guest worker HB 116 program bill, hopes the federal government can grant the state a waiver to implement it and help turn the program into a model for other states to follow, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
In February, Marina Lowe, Legislative & Policy Counsel from the ACLU of Utah claimed that the guest worker bill would only apply for employment in Utah, it didn't grant any protection from deportation in the state or any where else in the U.S., it requires illegal immigrants to self-report, the identity immigration enforcement would require police to ask for a photo ID from illegal immigrants during lawful stops and violations of ordinances and would then take fingerprints from those who lacked ID's. The information from immigrants would then be entered in a state database and no guarantee was provided in the bill to prevent the information from being shared in deportation proceedings against them.
Critics say, it would attrack more undocumented immigrants to Utah and no such waiver exists in the federal government to enact it. The bill could be unconstitutional as well and only the federal government can exclusively enact and enforce immigration laws.
Others disagreed and say it would boost economic growth, tax contributions and revenues for the state by illegal immigrants.
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