(KCPW News) After a two-hour debate, the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act cleared the Utah House of Representatives this morning and will now go to the Senate.
Representative Stephen Sandstrom’s bill requires law enforcement to verify the legal residency of anyone suspected of a class A misdemeanor or felony, if there is reasonable suspicion that person is in the United States illegally.
His bill was amended by another Republican lawmaker to strip out a provision that would allow legal Utah residents to sue law enforcement agencies for not enforcing federal immigration law.
Two Democrats joined Republicans in passing the bill on a 58-to-15 vote. Only one Republican voted “no.”
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By demanding immigration policing laws Utah has saved itself from further bombardment of economic illegal aliens. By the hundreds and thousands they will leave as they did in the Great State of Arizona, where these people had depleted of public entitlements. Now they have diverting their attention to Colorado plus other pliable State welfare cash to pillage Look to the Sanctuary State of California that is still suffering from a $24 Billion dollar treasury loss, that has is still being sacked by illegal alien settlement.. Taxpayer can investigate truthful illegal alien welfare costs, population statistics and your chance to fax for free the leadership in Washington at http://www.numbersusa.com